Polwatte Samaraweera Aratchilage Percy Samaraweera (18 March 1923 - 23 March 1999) was a

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n politician who belonged to the

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. He was educated at St John's College Panadura and St Sylvester's College, Kandy. He was the first

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Uva Province The Uva Province (, , ) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka. The province has an area of 8,500 km2 and a population of 1,266,463, making it the 2nd least populated province. The provincial capital is Badulla. Uva is bordered by the East ...

from 16 September 1988 to 6 June 1998 after which the council was dissolved and elections were held only in 1999. He was elected to the Sri Lankan Parliament in 1965 and 1977 from Welimada electorate.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Samaraweera, Percy Sri Lankan Buddhists Chief ministers of Uva Province Provincial councillors of Sri Lanka United National Party politicians Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka 1999 deaths 1929 births Alumni of St. John's College, Panadura Alumni of St. Sylvester's College Deputy ministers of Sri Lanka