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Gamini Dissanayake | |
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| 9th Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 25 August 1994 – 24 October 1994 | |
| President | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga |
| Prime Minister | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Preceded by | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
| Succeeded by | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Minister of Mahaweli Development | |
| In office 1977–1990 | |
| President | J.R Jayawardena Ranasinghe Premadasa |
| Prime Minister | Ranasinghe Premadasa Dingiri Banda Wijetunga |
| Member of Parliament for Kandy District | |
| In office 1994–1994 | |
| Majority | 198,207 Preferential Votes |
| Member of Parliament for Nuwara Eliya District | |
| In office 1989–1991 | |
| Majority | 73,790 Preferential Votes |
| Member of Parliament for Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya | |
| In office 1977–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency Established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Nuwara Eliya | |
| In office 1970–1977 | |
| Preceded by | D. J. Ranaweera |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 March 1942 Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| Died | 24 October 1994 (aged 52) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
| Spouse | Shrima Dissanayake |
| Children | Navin, Mayantha, Varuni. |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Kandy, Wolfson College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Dissanayake Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Lionel Gamini Dissanayake, PC (known as Gamini Dissanayake; Sinhala: ලයනල් ගාමිණි දිසානායක,Tamil: காமினி திஸாநாயக்க; 20 March 1942 – 24 October 1994) was a prominent Sri Lankan politician, a powerful minister of the United National Party, and Leader of the Opposition. He was designated as the UNP candidate in the 1994 presidential election, but was then assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).