Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi

Hon. Weerasinghe Mallimaratchi
Former Cabinet Minister of Food and Co-operative and Janasaviya-Poverty Alleviation ) He is the world's first cabinet minister of Poverty Alleviation )
Member of Parliament for Colombo District Kolonnawa
In office 25 August 1977 – 24 October 1994
Preceded by	T. B. Ilangaratne
Succeeded by	Bennet Cooray
Majority	5300 votes
Personal details
Born	6 November 1929 Kandy Central province
Died	24 October 1994(1994-10-24) (aged 64) Thotalanga, Grandpass, Sri Lanka
Manner of death	Assassination
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Party	United National Party
Spouse	Prema Mallimaratchi
Children	3
Residence(s)	10,Tamarind Gardens,Kolonnawa
Alma mater	Ananda College & Dharmaraja College,Kandy
Profession	Politician/Underworld godgodfather

Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (6 November 1929 - 24 October 1994) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as mayor, congressman, and cabinet minister. He was in the United National Party government from 1990 until his assassination.

Career

• Deputy Mayor Colombo 1970–1971
• Member Colombo Municipal Council 1962–1977
• Member of Parliament 1977–1994
• District Minister of Colombo 1978–1988
• Minister of Petroleum Services 1988–1989
• State Minister of Industries 1989–1990

Death

His political life was cut short when he 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.

See also

• List of political families in Sri Lanka
• 1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
• List of members of the Sri Lankan Parliament who died in office

External links

• Colombo Young Poets' Association