Soma Wickremanayake

Hon.
Soma Wickremanayake
සෝමා වික්‍රමනයක
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament
for Dehiowita
In office
1960–1965
Preceded byEdmund Samarakkody
Succeeded byDhanapala Weerasekera
Personal details
Born
Soma Dharmawardhana

(1915-04-21)21 April 1915
Deraniyagala, Ceylon
Died25 May 1989(1989-05-25) (aged 74)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Political partyLanka Sama Samaja Party
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka Freedom Party
SpouseArthur G. Wickremanayake
Children3
Alma materAnanda Sastralaya, Kotte
Professionteacher, politician

Soma Wickremanayake née Dharmawardhana (Sinhala: සෝමා වික්‍රමනයක) (21 May 1915 – 25 May 1989) was a Ceylonese educator and socialist politician.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Hon. Wickramanayake, Soma, M.P." Directory of Former Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ Hewapathirana, Lal (4 April 2010). "Female political empowerment still underachieved". The Nation. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  3. ^ Muthiah, Wesley S.; Thiruchandran, Selvy; Wanasinghe, Sydney (2006). Socialist women of Sri Lanka. Young Socialist Publication. pp. 138–139.