Lokugamage Rupasena Karunathilake (15 March 1933 – 11 October 2011) (known as ''Rupa Karunathilake'') was a cabinet minister and Member of Parliament representing Bentara-Elpitiya electorate, in

Galle District Galle ( ''gālla distrikkaya''; ''Kāli māvattam'') is a Districts of Sri Lanka, district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the co ...

. He was also a Sri Lanka

Ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or so ...

to the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. 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 and

Nalanda College Colombo Nalanda College () is a Buddhist school in Sri Lanka that provides primary and secondary education for boys.Sri Lankan Non Career Diplomats This is a list of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats, who have been appointed by Government of Sri Lanka as Ambassadors and High Commissioners, but are not career diplomats by profession, meaning they are not from the Sri Lanka Foreign Service, but ...

List of political families in Sri Lanka This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka. Abdul Majeed *A. L. Abdul Majeed (15 November 1933 – 13 November 1987) also known as Mutur Majeed, former Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Member Par ...

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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