Lokugamage Rupasena Karunathilake (15 March 1933 – 11 October 2011) (known as ''Rupa Karunathilake'') was a cabinet minister and

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...

representing Bentara-Elpitiya electorate, in

Galle District Galle ( si, ගාල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ''gālla distrikkaya''; ta, காலி மாவட்டம் ''Kāli māvattam'') is a district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts of Sri Lanka, th ...

. He was also a Sri Lanka

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to the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. He was educated at Ananda Vidyalaya,

Elpitiya Elpitiya is a town in Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. Elpitiya is easily accessible from the Southern Expressway (Sri Lanka). The city is located away from the Kurudugahahetekma Interchange. Elpitiya is also accessible from Colomb ...

Mahinda College, Galle Mahinda may refer to: People *Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Sri Lankan President * Mahinda Amaraweera, Sri Lankan politician * Mahinda Samarasinghe, Sri Lankan politician * Mahinda Ratnatilaka, Sri Lankan politician *Mahinda Wijesekara, Sri Lankan poli ...

and

Nalanda College Colombo ''Āpadāna Sobhinī Panñā'' , motto_translation = Character Illumines Wisdom , established = , founder = Patrick de Silva Kularatne , type = National , grades = ...

. His youngest son Sanjeev now Southern Provincial Council Member.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Karunathilake, Rupa 1933 births 2011 deaths Sri Lankan Buddhists Alumni of Mahinda College Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo United National Party politicians Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka Ambassadors of Sri Lanka to the Netherlands Ministers of state of Sri Lanka District ministers of Sri Lanka Shipping ministers of Sri Lanka Sinhalese politicians

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