Mahanama Samaraweera

Mahanama Samaraweera
Member of the Ceylon Parliament
for Matara
In office
1952 – March 1960
Preceded byH. D. Abeygoonewardane
Succeeded byJustin Wijayawardhene
In office
July 1960 – 1965
Preceded byJustin Wijayawardhene
Succeeded byB. Y. Tudawe
Personal details
Born(1917-10-12)12 October 1917
Matara, Sri Lanka
Died19 March 1966(1966-03-19) (aged 48)
Political partyCommunist Party of Ceylon
Spouse(s)Khema Padmawathi
(née Amaraweera)
ChildrenJaimini, Jayanthi Chandani, Mangala Pinsiri
Alma materSt. Aloysius' College, Galle, St. Joseph's College, Colombo.
ProfessionProctor

Mahanama Samaraweera (12 October 1917 – 19 March 1966) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was a Cabinet minister and a member of parliament.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Hon. Samaraweera, Mahanama, M.P." Directory of Past Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. ^ Jātika Rājya Sabhāva Pustakālya (1972). Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon: 1931-1972. National State Assembly. p. 4.