Rosy Senanayake

Her Worship
Rosy Senanayake
JP, UM
Senanayake in 2013
Mayor of Colombo
In office
19 March 2018 – 19 March 2023
Preceded byA. J. M. Muzammil
Succeeded byVacant
Prime Minister's Spokesperson and the Deputy Head of the Prime Minister's Office
In office
15 September 2015 – 19 March 2018
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
State Minister for Child Affairs
In office
12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015
Member of Parliament
for Colombo District
In office
22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015
Majority66,357 Preferential Votes
Leader of the opposition of the Western Province Provincial Council
In office
2009–2010
Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia
In office
2001–2004
Personal details
Born (1958-01-05) 5 January 1958 (age 66)
Colombo, Dominion of Ceylon
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyUnited National Party
SpouseAthula Senanayake
ChildrenKanishka
Thisakya
Radhya
TitleMrs. World 1984,
Miss Asia Pacific International 1981,
Miss Sri Lanka 1980

Bernadine Rose Senanayake, JP, UM (née Ramanayake; born 5 January 1958[1]), better known as Rosy Senanayake, is a Sri Lankan politician,[2] beauty pageant titleholder and activist currently serving as Presidential Advisor on Local Government affairs. She was the Mayor of Colombo from 2018 to 2023,[3][4] and former Prime Minister's Spokesperson and the Deputy Head of the Prime Minister's Office for Ranil Wickramasinghe.[5] She has been an activist on several issues and an active figure in the opposition gaining much limelight.

Rosy Senanayake was the former state minister for child development under President Maithripala Sirisena. She was also the leader of the opposition in Western Provincial Council and the chief organizer of United National Party for the Colombo West electorate. Senanayake has served as the Sri Lankan High Commissioner for Malaysia[6] and was a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund.

  1. ^ PP Rosy Senanayake
  2. ^ Parliament profile
  3. ^ "Rosy becomes first female Mayor of Colombo". 20 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Rosy to be new Colombo mayor". thesundayleader.lk. 21 August 2016.
  5. ^ Rosy Senanayake Appointed Prime Minister's Spokesperson
  6. ^ Pakiam, Ranjeetha (July 2004). "Rosy send-off for Senanayake". Asia Africa Intelligence Wire.