Sunethra Ranasinghe was a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the

Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila� ...

. She was elected to the seat of

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia ( si, දෙහිවල-ගල්කිස්ස, translit=Dehivala-Galkissa; ta, தெஹிவளை-கல்கிசை, translit=Tehivaḷai-Kalkicai), population 245,974 (2012) is the largest suburb of the City of ...

in a

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election ( Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election use ...

in 1977, replacing her father

S. de Silva Jayasinghe Nanayakkara Atulugamage Stephen de Silva Jayasinghe, (6 January 1911 - 1977) was a Ceylonese politician. At the 1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election, 2nd parliamentary elections held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 he successfully contested t ...

who died whilst in office. She is a Member of the

United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ...

. She served as the

Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental health. Coun ...

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-mayor-stub