Lalith Wijerathna

Lalith Wijerathna
ලලිත් විජේරත්න
3rd Leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
In office
27 December 1989 – 1 January 1990
Preceded bySaman Piyasiri Fernando
Succeeded bySomawansa Amarasinghe
Personal details
Born
Vijalath Pathirannehelage Lalith Wijeratne

(1958-01-01)1 January 1958
Divulapitiya, Sri Lanka
Died4 January 1990(1990-01-04) (aged 32)
Mattegoda, Sri Lanka
Political partyJanatha Vimukthi Peramuna
EducationHunumulla Central College
Alma materUniversity of Peradeniya
OccupationPolitician

Vijalath Pathirannehelage Lalith Wijeratne (1 January 1958 – 4 January 1990: Sinhala: ලලිත් විජේරත්න), popularly as Lalith Wijerathna, was a Sri Lankan politician and militant leader. He was a member of the JVP party in the period 1983-1990. He was known to be appointed as the third leader[1] of the JVP after Rohana Wijeweera and Saman Piyasiri Fernando.

  1. ^ "History of the JVP" (PDF). www.jvpsrilanka.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.