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Philip Gunawardena | |
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| Minister of Fisheries and Industry | |
| In office 1965–1970 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Dudley Senanayake |
| Preceded by | W. J. C. Munasinha |
| Succeeded by | George Rajapaksa |
| Minister of Agriculture and Food | |
| In office 1956–1959 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike |
| Preceded by | J. R. Jayewardene |
| Succeeded by | C. P. de Silva |
| Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Avissawella | |
| In office 1956–1970 | |
| Preceded by | Kusumasiri Gunawardena |
| Succeeded by | Bonnie Jayasuriya |
| In office 1947–1947 | |
| Succeeded by | Kusumasiri Gunawardena |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 January 1901 Boralugoda, Avissawella, British Ceylon |
| Died | 26 March 1972 (aged 71) Colombo, Dominion of Ceylon |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna |
| Other political affiliations | Lanka Sama Samaja Party |
| Spouse | Kusumasiri Gunawardena |
| Children | Indika Gunawardena, Prasanna Gunawardena, Lakmali Gunawardena, Dinesh Gunawardena, Gitanjana Gunawardena |
| Alma mater | Ananda College University of Colombo University of Illinois |
| Occupation | Politician |
Don Philip Rupasinghe Gunawardena[1] (11 January 1901 – 26 March 1972) was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and leftist. A founder of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, the first political party in Ceylon which was known for having introduced Trotskyism, he later formed the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna and was called 'the Father of Socialism' and as 'the Lion of Boralugoda'. A member of the State Council of Ceylon and the Parliament of Ceylon, he served as the Minister of Agriculture and food under S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike from 1956 to 1959 and as Minister of Industries and Fisheries in the national government under Dudley Senanayake from 1965 to 1970.
- ^ Dhanapala, D.B. (1963). Among Those Present (2nd ed.). Colombo, Sri Lanka: D.B. Nihalsinghe (published 2012). pp. 136–144. ISBN 978-955-53462-0-7.