G. M. Premachandra

Sri Lankan politician and statesman

Hon.
G. M. Premachandra
Former Cabinet Minister of Labour and Vocational Training
Member of Parliament
for Kurunegala District
In office
25 August 1994 – 24 October 1994
Personal details
Born24 August 1940
Sri Lanka
Died24 October 1994(1994-10-24) (aged 54)
Thotalanga, Grandpass,
Sri Lanka
Manner of deathAssassination by suicide bomb attack
Political partyUnited National Party

Gamini M. Premachandra (24 August 1940 – 24 October 1994) was a Sri Lanka politician who served as the Cabinet Minister of Labour and Vocational Training of United National Party government from 1990 to 1994.[1] He was re-elected from the Parliamentary election of 1994.

Death

Premachandra was assassinated by a female suicide bomber of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) while attending an election rally in support of Gamini Dissanayake, for the Presidential election of 1994.[2] He was an alumnus of Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala.[citation needed]

See also

  • Gamini Dissanayake
  • Mawatagama Electoral District

References

  1. ^ Eur (2002). Far East and Australasia 2003. Psychology Press. ISBN 9781857431339.
  2. ^ Jane's Sentinel examines the success of the LTTE in resisting the Sri Lankan forces
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Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Kurunegala
One–member (1947 – 1989)Multi–member (1989 – Present)
  • (1989 – 1994): G. M. Premachandra
  • Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
  • Sarathchandra Bandara Welagedara
  • Upali Mervin Senarath Dasanayaka
  • Ariya Bandara Rekawa
  • Ukkubanda Wijekoon
  • Upali Piyasoma
  • S. B. Nawinne
  • Herath Banda Wanninayaka
  • H. M. A. Loku Bandara
  • A. M. Munidasa Premachandra
  • Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Bandaranayake
  • Diunugallage Peter Wickramasinghe
  • Lionel Rajapaksa
  • Jayasena Rajakaruna