Tudor Gunasekara

Tudor Gunasekara
ටියුඩර් ගුණසේකර
Member of Parliament
for Mahara
In office
1977–1983
Preceded byS. K. K. Suriarachchi
Succeeded byKamalawarana Jayakody
MajorityMahara
Sri Lanka Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary
In office
2000–2003
Personal details
Born23 January 1935
Biyagama, Ceylon
Died29 August 2021(2021-08-29) (aged 86)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyUnited National Party
Spouse
Chandra (née Perera)
(m. 1962)
Children2
Alma materAnanda College
OccupationPolitician, diplomat

Ranasinghe Hettiarachchige Tudor Edward Ranasinghe Gunasekara,[1] commonly known as Tudor Gunasekara (Sinhala: ටියුඩර් ගුණසේකර; 23 January 1935 – 29 August 2021), was a Sri Lankan politician and diplomat.

From 1977 to 1983, he was a Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a District Minister for Gampaha in the government of President J. R. Jayewardene. Later, from 2000 to 2003, he served as the first Sri Lankan ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary.[2][3]