Yadamini Gunawardena

Hon.
Yadamini Gunawardena
MP
යදාමිණී ගුණවර්ධන
யாதமினி குணவர்த்தன
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyNational List
Personal details
Born
Yadamini Narodhama Rupasinghe Gunawardena
Political partyMahajana Eksath Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Alma materRoyal College Colombo
University of Wisconsin–Superior
University of Wales

Yadamini Narodhama Rupasinghe Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Gunawardena is the son of Dinesh Gunawardena and grandson of Philip Gunawardena, both government ministers.[2][3] He is also the grandson of MP Kusumasiri Gunawardena.[4] He completed primary and secondary education at Royal College Colombo.[5] He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Superior (2003) and the University of Wales (2013).[6]

Gunawardena is deputy leader and deputy secretary of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna.[7][8] Following the 2020 parliamentary election he was appointed to the Parliament of Sri Lanka as a National List MP representing the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna which is in alliance with Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance.[9][10][11]

Gunawardena is married to former UPFA Western province councillor Samanmali Sakalasuriya.[12]

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  2. ^ "All in the family – father and son duos". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ Kirinde, Chandani (8 August 2020). "New Parliament composition a 'not-so-strange' mix". Daily FT. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Dinesh Turns Three-Score". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. ^ "President's message to All Royalists". NewsWire. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Classmates" (PDF). University of Wisconsin–Superior. Superior, U.S.A.: Superior Alumni. 2014–15. p. 27. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  7. ^ "MEP Moneragala District conference today". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Need mixed electoral system with single, proportional representation – People's United Front". LankaWeb. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections - 2020 - Declaration under Article 99A of the Constitution" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2188/2. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 August 2020. p. 2A. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  10. ^ "SLPP National List goes to EC". Daily FT. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  11. ^ "SLPP releases National list". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Yadamini and Samanmali wedding". Gossip Lanka News [English]. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2022.