Sarath Ranawaka

Hon.
Sarath Ranawaka
Member of Parliament
for Kalutara
In office
1989–2000
In office
2004–2009
Succeeded byAnanda Lakshman Wijemanna
Personal details
Born(1951-07-15)15 July 1951
Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Died25 July 2009(2009-07-25) (aged 58)
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
Political partyUnited National Party
ChildrenAngana Ranawaka
Alma materNalanda College Colombo
OccupationPolitics

Jayasiri Sarath Kumara Ranawaka (15 July 1951 – 25 July 2009) was a Member of Parliament representing Kalutara Electoral District.[1]

He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo.

Ranawaka was first elected to parliament as the United National Party candidate at the 9th parliamentary election, held on 15 February 1989, for multi-member electoral district of Kalutura.[2] He was re-elected at the 10th parliamentary election, held on 16 August 1994.[3] He failed to get re-elected at the 11th parliamentary election, held on 10 October 2000, but was successful at the 13th parliamentary election, held on 2 April 2004, where he stood as one of the United National Front/United National Party candidates.[4]

Ranawaka died on the morning of 25 July 2009 at Sri Jayawardenapura General Hospital.[5][6] His parliamentary replacement, Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna, was sworn in on 6 August 2009.[7]

  1. ^ "Biographies of Present Members". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 21 June 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Parliamentary General Election 2004 Final District Results - Kalutara District". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Death of Kalutara district MP". The Sunday Times. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  6. ^ "UNP MP Sarath Ranawaka dies". Sunday Island. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  7. ^ "New UNP MP". Daily News, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2009. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2018.