Sanjeewa Gotabhaya Hulangamuwa ( si, සංජීව හුලංගමුව; 27 October 1955 – 17 January 2013), also known as ''Sanjeewa Hulangamuwa'', was a Sri Lankan politician and businessman. He was also

UPFA The United People's Freedom Alliance (Abbreviation, abbreviated UPFA; si, එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ta, ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந� ...

Councillor for

Kandy Municipal Council The Kandy Municipal Council ( Sinhala: මහනුවර මහ නගර සභා ''Mahanuwara Maha Nagara Sabha'') is the local council for Kandy, the second largest city and ''hill capital'' of Sri Lanka. The council was formed under the Mu ...

, Insurance Consultant and managing director, Super Insurance Brokers,

Kandy Kandy ( si, මහනුවර ''Mahanuwara'', ; ta, கண்டி Kandy, ) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills ...

. He also served as President of the Kandy

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, At the time of his death he was serving as the Chairman of the Kandy Municipal Council Sports Committee. Hulangamuwa remained a lifelong bachelor.

Early life

Sanjeewa was born to Alfred and Joyce Hulangamuwa (''née'' Dullewe) in

, Sri Lanka. He had two younger siblings – brother Jayantha Hulangamuwa and sister Thiloni Dissanayake (''née'' Hulangamuwa). His father Alfred Hulangamuwa was a step-brother of

William Gopallawa William Gopallawa (, ; 17 September 1896 – 31 January 1981) was the last Governor-General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972 and became the first and only non-executive and ceremonial President of Sri Lanka when Ceylon declared itself a republic in ...

(First President of Sri Lanka).

Education

He completed his Primary and Secondary education at

St. Sylvester's College St. Sylvester's College is a national boys' school located in Kandy, adjacent to the St. Anthony's Cathedral. It was founded by the Sylvestro Benedictine Congregation in 1940. It offers primary and secondary education and the college is unde ...

and

Trinity College, Kandy Trinity College, Kandy, is an independent private school for boys in Kandy Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1872 by British Anglican missionaries of the Church Missionary Society, modelled on Public School (United Kingdom), British Public school tradi ...

, respectively.

Political career

Hulangamuwa served as UPFA

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of Kandy Municipal Council for over two decades from 1991 to 2013, and as district organiser for the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in

Kandy District Kandy District ( si, මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, ta, கண்டி மாவட்டம்) is a Districts of Sri Lanka, district of the Central Province, Sri Lanka, Central Province of Sri Lanka. Its area is 1 ...

. He was a member of the Council Delegation to Workshop on ‘Coalition of Cities against Discrimination in Asia and the Pacific’ in

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, Indonesia. The workshop was organised by the

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President pays last respects

Hulangamuwa died of a heart attack on 17 January 2013 at his residence in

. President

Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa ( si, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, ta, மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to ...

and several Ministers visited his residence at Damunupola Mawatha on 19 January 2013 to pay their last respects.President pays respects
The Island. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

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