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List of political families in Sri Lanka

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List of political families in Sri Lanka

This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka.

Contents

Abdul Majeed

  • A. L. Abdul Majeed (15 November 1933 - 13 November 1987) also known as Mutur Majeed, former Deputy Minister of Information & Broadcasting and Member Parliament from 1960 to 77.
  • M. N. Abdul Majeed (1 January 1957 - ) Chief Minister of the Eastern Province, former Government Minister and member of Parliament

    • Abeyrathne

  • PIlapitiya Abeyrathne (25 May 1925 - ) 3rd Governor of Uva Province, 2nd Chief Minister of SabaragamuwaProvince, member of Parliament for Kalawana 1960, 1965 & 1977-82, Deputy Minister of Posts & Telecommunications.
  • Ratnayaka Abeyrathne - First Cabinet Minister of Food, Co-operatives and Home Affairs in independent Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the last President of the Senate of Ceylon, former member of Parliament & State Council.
  • Pathirage Don Abeyratne (26 November 1952 - ) Member of 5th Provincial Council of Kalutara, Member of Parliament 1989 and 2000, Chief Organiser for Horana.
  • Lloyd Oscar Abeyratne - member of House of Representatives from 1960-64.
  • Rohana Abeyratne - Post-Master General of Sri Lanka (2012-present)

    • Abeywickrema

  • Simon Abeywickrema (26 April 1899 - 2 May 1948) Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport. Member of State Council and Parliament, founding member of the UNP
  • Henry Abeywickrema (24 December 1903 - 29 August 1982) Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport & Works, Minister of Works, Member of Parliament, founding member of the SLFP
  • Ananda Abeywickrema (24 June 1960 - ) former member of Parliament for Galle District

    • Aluwihare

  • Bernard Aluwihare (6 April 1902 - 22 January 1961) State Counsellor (1936-47), member of Parliament (1952, 1960-61), Cabinet Minister
  • Arjuna Aluvihare
  • Alick Aluwihare, (20 December 1926 -17 May 2009) Cabinet Minister, member of Parliament
  • Ranjith Aluvihare (5 April 1958 - ) member of Parliament
  • Wasantha Aluwihare (16 July 1962 - ) member of Parliament, former Chief Minister of Central Province, Deputy Minister.
  • Daljith Aluwihare Opposition Leader, Matale Municipal Council
  • Prasanna Kumara Aluwihare, member of Pradeshiya saba Matale, former National javelin record holder / National Kabadi player / First class cricketer & Government Sports officer
  • Loku Banda Aluvihare former Mayor of Kandy

    • Amarasuriya

  • Mahendrapala Thomas de Silva Amarasuriya, Muhandiram
  • Henry Mahendrapala Amarasuriya Independence activist
  • Henry Woodward Amarasuriya, Cabinet minister, Deputy Speaker of the parliament and State Councillor, founding secretary and vice president of the United National Party, President of Ceylon National Congress and Lanka Mahajana Sabha, educationist, Buddhist activist and philanthropist
  • Thomas Amarasuriya, OBE, Member of the State Council of Ceylon and President of the Senate of Ceylon.
  • G. L. Peiris, Member of Parliament, Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and Deputy Minister of Finance, Minister of External Trade, Ethnic Affairs and National Integration. [Son in law of Thomas Amarasuriya]
  • Montague Jayawickrama, Member of Parliament, Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs and Governor of the North Western Province [Brother in law of H.W. and Thomas Amarasuriya].

    • Amunugama

  • Sarath Amunugama, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Dilum Amunugama, Member of Parliament

    • Ashraff

  • M. H. M. Ashraff, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Ferial Ashraff, Government Minister, Member of Parliament and diplomat

    • Atapattu

  • Don Johannes Atapattu + Kadawedduwage Dona Carolina Wijekoon
  • D. P. Atapattu (1899–1976), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Daya Dahanayake
  • Ranjit Atapattu Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Druvindra Atapattu contestant in 2009 General Election

    • (also related to Dr Karunasena Kodituwakku)

    Atukorale

  • Gamini Atukorale, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Thalatha Atukorale, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

    • Athulathmudali

  • Don William Athulathmudali
  • Don Daniel Athulathmudali (1901–1958), Member of State Council
  • Lalith Athulathmudali (1936–1993), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Sirimani Athulathmudali Government Minister, Member of Parliament

    • Attanayake

  • Attanayake Mudiyanselage Jayawardena Attanayake (Member of Parliament, Moneragala District 1970 and 1994) & Basnayake Nilame of the Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devalaya
  • Senarath Attanayake (Former Provincial Minister of Uva Province and current Member of Uva Provincial Council)

    • Attygalle

  • Don Charles Gemoris Attygalle
  • Alice Attygalle + John Kotelawala
  • John Kotelawala (4 April 1895 – 2 October 1980) Prime Minister of Ceylon, Cabinet Minister, member of Parliament (1947-60), Member of State Council (1931-47), Member of Legislative Council
  • Justin Kotalawela (1905–1973), Senator + Millicent de Silva
  • Lalith Kotelawala
  • Lena Attygalle + Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene (1872–1945), Member of State Council
  • Ellen Attygalle + Fredrick Richard Senanayake (1882–1926), Member of Legislative Council
  • Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake (4 November 1911 – 22 December 1970), member of State Council, Cabinet Minister, member of Parliament (1947-70)

    • Balasuriya

  • Punchi Banda Balasuriya (1907-1978), UC Chairman (1948-1967), Member of Parliament (1960-1965, 1970-1977) + Hema Balasuriya
  • Dr. Jagath Balasuriya, Provincial Council Member (1988-1989), Member of Parliament (1989-1994), Deputy Minister of Cooperative (1994-2000), Deputy Minister of Urban Development (2001-2002), Governor North Central (2004-2008), Deputy Minister of Labor (2010-2011), Cabinet Minister for National Heritage (2011-2015) + Kumari Balasuriya, Governor Southern Province (2008-2015)
  • Tharaka Balasuriya , Member of Parliament, Provincial council member + Malintha Bolonghe Balasuriya

    • Bandara

  • Chandra Bandara Government Minister, member of Parliament
  • Chandani Bandara, Government Minister, member of Parliament

    • Bandaranaike

  • Don Francisco Dias Wijetunga Bandaranaike (1720 - ), Mudaliyar Hewagam Korale + Dona Maria Perera
  • Conrad Pieter Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike, Maha Mudliyar
  • Jacabus Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike (1780 - ), Mudaliyar of Governor Gate & Translator of Supreme Court + Liyanage Catherine Philipsz Panditharatne
  • Rev Canon Samuel William Dias Bandaranaike + Cornelia Susanna Elizabeth Dias Bandaranaike
  • Felix Reginold Dias Bandaranaike (1861–1947) + Annie Lucy (Florence) de Alwis (1864–1920)
  • Reginald Felix Dias Bandaranaike (1891–1951), Judge of the Supreme Court + Freda Dias Abeysinghe
  • Felix Dias Bandaranaike (1930–1985), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Don Daniel Dias Banaranaike + Dona Clara Amarasekere
  • Don Solomon Dias Bandaranaike (-1859), Mudaliyar of Siyane Korale, 1st Udagaha Mudaliyar + Cornelia Philipsz Panditharatne de Saram
  • Don Christoffel Henricus Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilake Seneviratne Bandaranaike (born 1826), Mudaliyar Governors Gate and 2nd Udagaha Mudaliyar + Anna Florentina Philipsz Panditharatne
  • Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike JP (1862–1946), Maha Mudaliyar + Daisy Ezline Obeyesekere
  • S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899–1959), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council + Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916–2000), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Member of Parliament, Senator
  • Sunethra Bandaranaike (born c. 1943), politician and socialite
  • Chandrika Kumaratunga (born 1945), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Member of Parliament, Chief Minister of Western Province, Provincial Councillor + Vijaya Kumaratunga (1945–1988), actor and politician
  • Anura Bandaranaike (1949–2008); Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

    • (also related to Ratwatte family, William Gopallawa, A.R. Udugama, Hector Kobbekaduwa, Jeewan Kumaranatunga, Ranjan Ramanayake)

    Bakeer Markar

  • Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar (12 May 1917–10 September 1997) 10th Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Minister without Portfolio, member of Parliament, Governor of Southern Province
  • Imthiaz Bakeer Markar, (8 August 1953 - ) Government Minister, member of Parliament

    • Bulankulame

  • Punchi Banda Bulankulame Dissawe,(12 December 1890 - 17 December 1958) Member of the State Council (1936), Member, House of Representatives, Parliamentary Secretary (Agriculture), Minister of Lands & Land Development

    • (Maternal Uncle of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle and Granduncle of Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle)

  • Deshamanya Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle, (19 January 1919 - 6 April 2009),Member, House of Representatives, Member of Parliament, Government Minister, Governor, Central Province, High Commissioner in Australia, & Governor, North Central Province (Nephew of P.B.Bulankulame Dissawe)
  • Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle, (Born 16 March 1952),Member of Parliament, Project Minister (Science & Technology), Member, North Central Provincial Council, Director-General of Telecommunications, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (T.R.C.S.L.) & Engineer (A.C.&R.) (Son of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle)

    • Cooray

  • Mervyn J. Cooray (16 July 1938 - 15 January 2011) former State Minister of Power and Energy, member of Parliament
  • Devapriya Cooray
  • Sujith Cooray former Provincial Councilor of the Western Provincial Council, member of parliament

    • Coomaraswamy

  • Arumugampillai Coomaraswamy (1783–1836), Gate Mudaliyar, Member of Legislative Council
  • Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy CCS FRGS (1833–1879), Member of Legislative Council + Elizabeth Clay Beeby
  • Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877–1947)
  • Sellachchi Coomaraswamy + A. Ponnambalam (1814–1887), Mudaliyar of the Governor's Gate
  • P. Coomaraswamy (1849–1906), Member of Legislative Council
  • Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan KCMG QC (1851–1930), Solicitor General of British Ceylon, Member of Legislative Council + Leelawathy Ramanathan (1870–1953)
  • Sivagamasundari + S. Natesan, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council, Senator
  • Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam KCMG CCS (1853–1924), Member of Executive Council, Member of Legislative Council + Swarnambal Namasivayam
  • Arunachalam Padmanabha
  • Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva KCMG (1888–1969), Government Minister, Member of Legislative Council, Member of State Council, High Commissioner to India
  • Balakumar (Baku) Mahadeva
  • Arunachalam Ramanathan
  • Pathmavathy Arunachalam + Sir S. Pararajasingam, Senator
  • Pararajasingham Nadesan
  • Lalithambikai (? - 2005) + M. Swaminathan
  • D. M. Swaminathan (1945 - ), Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province

    • (also related to D. M. Swaminathan and Ulaganathar Mudaliyar of Manipay)

    Corea

  • Victor Corea - founder Member of the Ceylon National Congress, elected to the Legislative Council, founder Chilaw Association, President Ceylon Labour Union
  • Charles Edgar Corea - elected to the Legislative Council, President of the Ceylon National Congress (1924), Chair/founder Chilaw Association.
  • Shirley Corea, Speaker of the Parliament of Ceylon, Member of Parliament for Chilaw

    • (Also related to)

  • Sir Claude Corea - Minister of Labour 1946, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in the UK, Ceylon's Ambassador in the USA, President of the United Nations Security Council, Ceylon's Ambassador at the United Nations
  • Harindra Corea, Deputy Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, Member of Parliament for Chilaw

    • (Also related to) Dr. Gamani Corea, Ambassador, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Ernest Corea, Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Canada, Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States of America Kumari Corea, Local Councillor for Chilaw

    Dissanayake

  • Andrew Dissanayake, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Gamini Dissanayake (1942–1994), Presidential candidate (1994), Leader of the Opposition, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Srima Dissanayake, Presidential candidate (1994)
  • Navin Dissanayake (1969 - ), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Mayantha Dissanayake, Provincial Councillor, Member of Parliament

    • Karu Jayasuriya, Speaker of the Parliament, Government Minister, Member of Parliament - Father in law of Navin Dissanayake

    Dissanayake

  • Berty Premalal Dissanayake, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Chief Minister of North Central Province + Jayani Tissera Dissanayake
  • Duminda Dissanayake (1979 - ), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Senani Lanka Jayaratne

    • De Mel

  • Ronnie de Mel, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Mallika de Mel, Member of Parliament
  • Sir Leo Fernando, Member of Parliament (father in law of Ronnie de Mel)

    • Dunuwille

  • B. H. Dunuwille (1896 - ), Deputy President of the Senate, Proctor & Notary Public
  • T. B. Harindranath Dunuwille (1946 - ) member of Parliament, State Minister of State & Constitutional Affairs, member of Kandy Municipal Council, Mayor of Kandy and Attorney- at Law
  • (Son-in-law of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle (1919 - ) member, House of Representatives, Member of Parliament, Government Minister, Governor (Central Province), High Commissioner in Australia, & Governor ( North Central Province).
  • D. S. Senanayake 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka was married to a lady from the Dunuwille family

    • Ekanayake

  • T. B. Ekanayake (1954 - ), Member of Parliament, Minister of Culture and the Arts

    • Ellawala

  • Nanda Ellawala, Member of Parliament for Ratnapura (1970–1977) + Surangani Ellawala, Governor of the Central Province (2015—2016)
  • Nalanda Ellawala, Member of Parliament for Ratnapura district (1994–1997)

    • Gamage

  • Daya Gamage, Member of Parliament, Government Minister
  • Anoma Gamage, Member of Parliament, Government Minister

    • Ganesan

  • V. P. Ganeshan, trade unionist, politician, film producer and actor
  • Mano Ganesan (1959 - ), Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor
  • Praba Ganesan (1964 - ), Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor

    • Gopallawa

  • William Gopallawa (1897–1981), Governor-General of Ceylon, President of Sri Lanka
  • Monty Gopallawa (1941–2005), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Nimal Kobbekaduwa
  • Chandrika Iranganie Gopallawa + Dr Mackie Ratwatte
  • Chintha Gopallawa
  • Sanjeewa Hulangamuwa (1955-2013), Councillor, Kandy Municipal Council
  • Devika Mediwake + Neranjan Wijeyeratne (born 1956)

    • (also related to Ratwatte)

    Gunasekara

  • Bennet Senerath Dias Gunasekara - Member of Parliament for Minuwangoda from 1977 to 1988
  • Mahen Gunasekara - Minister for Legal Reforms and Prison Affairs – Member of Parliament for Gampaha District (1989-1994)

    • Gunawardena (Boralugoda Ralahamy)

  • Don Jacolis Rupasinghe Gunawardena (1879–1947) + Leonora
  • Philip Gunawardena (1901–1972), Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council The 'Father of Socialism in Sri Lanka', first person to call for Independence in Sri Lanka + Kusuma Siri Amarasinghe (1912–1985) Member of Parliament
  • Indika Gunawardena, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Prasanna Gunawardena, Mayor of Colombo & Presidential adviser
  • Dinesh Gunawardena (1949 - ), Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister, Chief Government Whip and as well as leader of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (People's United Front)
  • Gitanjana Gunawardena (1952 - ), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Robert Gunawardena (1904–1971), Member of Parliament
  • Caroline Gunawardena + S. C. C. Anthonypillai (Tony), Trade Unionist, Member of the Lok Sabha
  • Emily Angeline Gunawardena + Dr Don Allenson Goonetilleke
  • Vivienne Goonewardena (1916–1996), Member of Parliament + Leslie Goonewardena, Member of Parliament

    • Gunewardane

  • Lionel Gunewardena, Deputy Minister
  • Sarana Gunewardane, Deputy Minister, Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor
  • Chandrika Gunewardane, Provincial Councillor + Sardhatissa Sakalasuriya, Member of Parliament, Provincial Council Chairman
  • Lakshman Gunewardane, Urban Councillor

    • Hewavitarne-Moonesinghe

  • Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana (1809–1890), President of the Buddhist Theosophical Society, founder President of the Buddhism Protection Committee, founder of the Vidyodaya Pirivena and a leader of the Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka
  • Mallika Dharmagunawardhana (1846 - 1936), President Women's Education Society + Don Carolis Hewavitarne (1833–1906) founder member of Buddhist Theosophical Society, founder member of the Buddhist Defence Committee and a leader of the Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka
  • Anagarika Dharmapala (Don David Hewavitarne) (1864–1933), Leader of the Buddhist revival movement
  • Dona Engeltina Hewavitarne (1865-1902) + Jacob Moonesinghe, a leader of the Buddhist revival movement
  • Sanath Moonesinghe
  • Mangala Moonesinghe, Member of Parliament, High Commissioner to India and UK
  • Piyadas Moonesinghe (1896–1969) + Beatrice Wijegoonewardena de Silva Senanayaka (1900–1989)
  • Anil Moonesinghe (1927–2002), Deputy Speaker, Minister of Communications, Member of Parliament, trade unionist, Ambassador in Vienna
  • Susil Moonesinghe (1930 - 2012), first Chief Minister of the Western Province, Member of Parliament, Ambassador in Tehran
  • Edmund Hewavitarne (1870–1915), convicted of treason, died in British custody + Sujatha Peiris
  • Raja Hewavitarne, OBE (1898-1958), Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce
  • Neil Kamal Hewavitarne (1904–1939), Member of State Council
  • Sumanadevi Hewavitarne + Jayasuriya
  • Gamini Jayasuriya (1924-1998)Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament
  • Dr Charles Alwis Hewavitarne (1876–1929), leader in the Buddhist revival movement

    • Hurulle

  • Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle, (1919 - ), Member, House of Representatives, Member of Parliament, Government Minister, Governor (Central Province), High Commissioner in Australia, & Governor ( North Central Province).
  • Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle (1952 - ), Member of Parliament, Project Minister (Science & Technology), Member,(North Central Provincial Council), Director-General, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (T.R.C.S.L.) & Engineer (AC&R)
  • Punchi Banda Bulankulame Dissawe, Member of the State Council (1936), Member, House of Representatives, Parliamentary Secretary (Agriculture), Minister of Lands & Land Development, Proctor & Notary Public and Captain (Cricket ),1919-1920, St.Thomas’ College, Mt.Lavinia

    • (Maternal Uncle of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle and Granduncle of Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle)

  • T.B.Harindranath Dunuwille (1946 - ), Member of Parliament, State Minister of State & Constitutional Affairs, Member, Kandy Municipal Council, Mayor of Kandy and Attorney- at- Law

    • Ilangaratne

  • T. B. Ilangaratne (1913–1992), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne, Member of Parliament

    • Jayewardene

  • Tombi Mudaliyar Don Adrian Wijesinghe Jayewardene (1768–1830) A descendant of a Colombo Chetty originally from Coromandel Coast of India who married into a Sinhalese family called Jayewardene Conspired with the British to overthrow the last King of Kandy
  • Mudaliyar Don Abraham Wijesinghe Jayewardene (1801–1866)
  • James Alfred Jayewardene (c. 1845 – 1888), Deputy Coroner of Colombo + Cornelia Matilda Wijekoon
  • Hector Alfred Jayewardene, (1870 - 1913), member of the Colombo Municipal Council
  • Colonel T. G. Jayewardene (1872–1945), Member of State Council + Lena Attygalle
  • Major T.F. Jayawardena, Member of Parliament
  • Justice Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, KC (1874–1932), Chief Justice + Agnes Helen Don Philip Wijewardena
  • J. R. Jayewardene (1906–1996), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council
  • Hector Wilfred Jayewardene, QC (1916–1990), Member at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
  • John Adrian St. Valentine Jayewardene (1877 – 1927), Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
  • Clodagh Jayasuriya, Member of Parliament

    • Jayaratne

  • S. D. R. Jayaratne, Government Minister (1931 - ) (Former Fisheries Minister) and Member of Parliament for Chilaw(1960 to 2000)
  • Piyankara Jayaratne (born 1964),Civil Aviation Minister (former Deputy Speaker) and Member of Parliament

    • Jayaratne (Doluwa, Gampola)

  • D. M. Jayaratne Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
  • Anuradha Jayaratne Deputy Minister, Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor

    • Kariapper

  • Marikkar Vedarala
  • Haji Marikkar Muhandiram - Dissawa of Wellassa, d:1817
  • Neina Marikkar
  • Ahamedu Lebbe Kariapper
  • Abdul Kareem Kariapper – Notary JP (Vanniah of Eravur Pattu and Koralai Pattu- circa 1912)
  • Hanoon Kariapper d:1952 + M. I. Abdul Rasool Mudali of Trincomalee
  • 2nd spouse of Hanoon Kariapper (the widow of M.I. Abdul Rasool) + M. A. M. Hussain, District Judge, d:2000
  • Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Kariapper -
  • M. S. Kariapper (1899–1989), Gate Mudaliyar, Member of Parliament
  • Subeitha + A. R. Mansoor, Member of Parliament, Former Government Minister and Former Sri Lankan ambassador to the State of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Bahrain
  • Daughter + M. M. Musthafa, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Daughter (Madani?) + Mohamed Cassim
  • M.C. Ahamed, Member of Parliament Kalmunai 1960-1977), d: 3 July 2008
  • Zainabu Natchiar Kariapper + Mohamed Meera Lebbe
  • Mohammed Meera Lebbe Hussain + Matheena Ummah
  • M. H. M. Ashraff (1948–2000), founder and leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Ferial Ismail Ashraff (1953 - ), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Daughter + [200] Abdul Latheef Kariapper (had 13 children of which 1 died in infancy, 1 died in early youth)
  • Abdul Kareem Kariapper + name not known (from Ninthavur)
  • Daughter (Nona) Kariapper+ Advocate Samsudeen Member of Parliament & former Sri Lankan Ambassador to UAE
  • Ariff Samsudeen Attorney-at-Law (1972) - Member of Eastern Provincial Council

    • Karunathilake

  • Rupa Karunathilake, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Sanjeev Karunathilaka, Provincial Councillor

    • Keerthiratne-Karunaratne

  • N. H. Keerthiratne, Government Minister
  • Asoka Karunaratne (1916–1988), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Samantha Karunaratne, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

    • Kotelawala

  • Don A Kotelawala
  • John Kotelawala Sr, Inspector of Ceylon Police Force
  • John Kotelawala, Third Prime Minister of Ceylon and Privy Councilor
  • Justin Kotalawela, Senator

    • (Cousins)

  • George L. Kotelawala, (1922-1971) Member of Parliament (Bandaragama)

    • (Cousins)

  • D.C. Kotelawala, Muhandiram
  • Sir Henry Kotalawala, Member of the Legislative Council and State Council (Uva)
  • Jack Kotelawala, Member of the State Council and Parliament
  • Gladwin Kotelawala, Member of Parliament (Uva)

    • Lokubandara

  • W. J. M. Lokubandara (1941 - ), Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province
  • Udith Lokubandara (1984 - ), Member of Parliament

    • Macan Markar

  • Sir Mohamed Macan Markar (1885 - 1969), Minister of Home Affaires of the State Council, Member of the Legislative Council and Senator.
  • Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar (1893 - 1984), Member of parliament and Deputy Mayor of Colombo.

    • Mallimaratchi

  • Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (1929 - ), Minister of Food, Co-operatives & Janasaviya (Poverty Alleviation) Minister of Petroleum Services,State Minister of Industry, District Minister of Colombo Member Of Parliament 1977 - 1994
  • Jayantha Mallimaratchi (1955-1989), Member of Colombo Municipal Council 1978-1989
  • Janaka Mallimaratchi, Member of Western Provincial Council 1993 - 2009

    • Mathew

  • Edley Winston Mathew (27 January 1907 - ) MBE, Member of the House of Representatives for Balangoda,
  • Cyril Mathew (1912–1989), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Nanda Mathew, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of Uva Province

    • Molamure

  • Alfred Francis Molamure, first speaker of Parliament + Lady Adeline Meedeniya, Member of State Council of Ceylon and Senate (Daughter of J. H. Meedeniya Adigar, Member of the Legislative Council)
  • Seetha Molamure, Member of the Senate of Ceylon

    • Moulana

  • Seyed Alavi Moulana, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province.
  • Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (1956 - ), Member of Parliament (1994-2004, 2015- ), Diplomat, Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister. Played a pivotal role that brought about the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War.

    • Muhammedh

  • Mathicham Saleem Lebbe Muhammedh Thamby Vidane alias Muhammedh Vidane (1819–1879) + Amina (1827–1899) of Negombo - He succeeded his father as the Vidane (Village Headman) for part of Negombo (assumed to be for Udayar Toppu area) somewhere around mid 1800AD
  • Meena Muhammedh Thamby + Name not known
  • Yoosoof Lebbe Vidane of Negombo
  • Yoosoof Lebbe Mubarak Vidane of Negombo - He succeeded his father as the Vidane
  • Omardeen Police Vidane(d 1921)of Negombo
  • Omardeen Abdul Wahab Vidane
  • Muhammedh Thamby Samsudheen Vidane Arachchi alias Dheen Arachchi (1860–1915) + Hafsa Marikar (1870–1950) of Negombo - He was appointed as the “Vidane Arachchi “ for Negombo in Eighteen Ninety Six (1896)
  • Fathima Zuhara Dheen (1893–1967) + Abdulla Court Mudliyar (d 1944)
  • Safa Abdulla (1914–2007) + Hussain Sheik Ismail Proctor (1901–1974) of Putlam - He entered the field of politics in 1928 when he became a member of the Puttalam Local Board. He was elected as a member of the Puttalam Urban Development Council In 1933. He became its chairman in 1938 and served in that post without a break until 1947. At the first Parliamentary elections which was held in 1947, he was elected uncontested and thus holding the distinction of being referred to as the First Member of the First Independent Parliament of Ceylon. He was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food and Co-operatives under the Govt. of Rt. Hon D.S. Senanayake. As a Deputy Minister of food and Co-operatives (1947–1948) he managed to open a large number of Co-operative Societies all over the country. Later on he was elected as the Deputy Chairman of Committees and subsequently, had the distinction of being elected as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. The culmination of Proctor Ismail’s political career came when he was unanimously elected as the speaker in 1956, thus creating another first in the annals of Sri Lankan political history; the first Muslim speaker of the parliament of Ceylon (1956–1959)
  • M. Abdulla Thaha (1915 – 1969) + Kadheeja (1934 – 1989) - Member of Negombo Urban Council (1944-1949)
  • Abdulla Abdul Rahman Proctor (1921–1998)+ Hamzathul Inaya Abdul Raheeman (1927)
  • Fahima Abdul Rahman (1951) + Sheriff Sabry (1940–2008) of Ratmalana - He was the first Muslim to be appointed as the Auditor General (1993–2000) of Sri Lanka
  • Ummu Aimun Abdulla (1923–2000) + Anis Sheriff JP - He was the first Muslim to be the Deputy Mayor of Negombo Municipal Council and was also a member of the Western Provincial Council.
  • Ismail Dheen Proctor JP (1894–1968) + Hameeda Habeeblebbe (d 1970) - He was the first Muslim to qualify as a Lawyer in Negombo and was also the Quazi for Negombo
  • Samsudheen Abdul Raheeman Proctor JPUM (1896–1965) + Rahma Abdul Azeez (1910–2002) - He was the only Muslim to be the Chairman (1941–1944) of the then Negombo Urban Council.
  • Shareefa Dheen (1897–1986) + Haneefa
  • Haneefa Cafoor (1916–1970) + Jezima Muhammed (d 2001)
  • Aleema Cafoor (1947) + Farook (1937–1996) of Mawanella - He was a Member of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council at the time of his death
  • Haneefa Mahroof Proctor JPUM (1919–1990) + Hamzackiya Abdul Raheeman (1931) - He was a member of the Negombo Municipal Council
  • Faleela Dheen (1901–1982) + Thamby Lebbe Abdul Hameed (1894–1959)
  • Sithy Rahma Abdul Hameed (1929–2006) + Abdul Raheem Rafeek JP (1927–1989)
  • Fariha Rafeek (1955) + Caesar Reyan Hassan (1947-2015) of Katugastota - He obtained the highest number of preferential votes for the Pathadumbara Electorate during the local government elections held in Nineteen ninety-one (1991) and thereby became the first Muslim to be the Vice Chairman of the Pathadumbara Pradeshiya Sabava
  • Shums Ruquiya Dheen (1905–1958) + Ali Abul Hassen JP (1903–1997)
  • Hafeela Hassen (1931) + Cassim Proctor JPUM (1923–1985)
  • Ajward Cassim (1955–1995) + Lilyana (1955) - (Migrated to Yugoslavia in 1980s) He was appointed as the Honorary Counsel General of Sri Lanka for Yugoslavia and held this post until his death.
  • Muhammedh Thamby Sinna Lebbe Marikar + Name not known
  • Marikar Abdul Razak Vidane of Negombo

    • Nanayakkara

  • D. Francis Nanayakkara + Irene Nanayakkara (1917–2010)
  • Vasudeva Nanayakkara (born 1939), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Wasanthi Nanayakkara (Lawyer)
  • Yasapalitha Nanayakkara (1940–1996), Provincial Councillor & Film Director + Manoshri Perera Nanayakkara
  • Hemakumara Nanayakkara, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

    • Obeyesekere

  • James Peter Obeyesekere III – Politician, Senator, Government Minister + Mrs. Siva Obeyesekere – Politician, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

    • Pathirana

  • Richard Pathirana - Cabinet minister for Education and Higher Education (1994 to 2000) and State Administration and Home Affairs (2000–01)
  • Ramesh Pathirana - Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for Galle district

    • Panabokke

  • Tikiri Bandara Panabokke I - Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon
  • Sir Tikiri Bandara Panabokke II - Minister of Health in the State Council of Ceylon
  • Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke - Deputy Minister of Justice & Agriculture

    • Perera

  • Festus Perera, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Larine Perera Member of Parliament, Provincial Minister, Provincial Councillor
  • Niroshan Perera, Member of Parliament and State Minister of Youth Affairs

    • Premachandra

  • Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, Provincial Councillor, Member of Parliament
  • Hirunika Premachandra, Provincial Councillor, Member of Parliament

    • Ponnambalam

  • G. G. Ponnambalam KC (1901–1977), founder and leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council
  • Kumar Ponnambalam (1940–2000), leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, presidential candidate (1982)
  • Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam (born 1974), leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, Member of Parliament

    • Premadasa

  • Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924–1993), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Hema Wickrematunge
  • Sajith Premadasa (1967 - ), Government Minister, Member of Parliament

    • Rajakaruna

  • Sarathchandra Rajakaruna, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Businessmen
  • Harshana Rajakaruna, Member of Parliament, Businessmen

    • Rajapaksa

  • Don David Rajapaksa, Vidane Arachchi
  • Don M Rajapaksa, Member of State Council, Senator
  • Lakshman Rajapaksa, Member of Parliament
  • George Rajapaksa, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Shyamlal Rajapaksa, Provincial Councilor
  • Nirupama Rajapaksa (born 1962), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • D. A. Rajapaksa (1905–1967), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Chamal Rajapaksa (1942- ), Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Shasheendra Rajapaksa, Chief Minister of Uva Province, Provincial Councillor & Basnayake Nilame of the Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devalaya
  • Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945-), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Shiranthi Rajapaksa
  • Namal Rajapaksa (1986- ), Member of Parliament
  • Basil Rajapaksa, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (1949- ), Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development
  • Suranimala Rajapaksha, Special Envoy to the Prime Minister, Government minister, Member of parliament, Provincial Minister, Provincial Councillor

    • Ranatunga

  • Reggie Ranatunga, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province
  • Arjuna Ranatunga (born 1963), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Prasanna Ranatunga, Chief Minister of Western Province
  • Ruwan Ranatunga (born 1971), Member of Parliament

    • Ratwatte

  • Wijayawardena Senevirat Panditha Wahala Mudiyanse
  • Panditha Wahala Mudiyanse Ralahamy Ratwatte + Loku Kumarihamy Ratwatte
  • Loku Nilame Adikaram Ratwatte + Meegastenne Amunugama Medduma Kumarihamy
  • Seneviratne Nilame Ratwatte (born 1827) + Amunugama Meegastenne Medduma Kumarihamy
  • Punchi Menika Ratwatte Kumarihamy + Paranagama Loku Mudiyanse
  • Abeyratne Banda Ratwatte Basnayake + Thalgahagoda Lewke Punchi Kumarihamy
  • Sir Cuda Ratwatte Adigar, First Mayor of Kandy
  • J. C. Ratwatte Adigar, Member of State Council + Phyllis Sita Aluvihare
  • Charitha Ratwatte, Chairmen of the United National Party
  • Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe (1883–1957), Rate Mahattaya and Dissava of Sabaragamuwa, Senator + Rosalind Mahawelatenne Kumarihamy
  • Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916–2000), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Member of Parliament, Senator + S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899–1959), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council
  • Sunethra Bandaranaike (born c. 1943), politician and socialite
  • Chandrika Kumaratunga (born 1945), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Member of Parliament, Chief Minister of Western Province, Provincial Councillor + Vijaya Kumaratunga (1945–1988), actor and politician
  • Anura Bandaranaike (1949–2008), Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Dr Mackie Ratwatte, Prime Minister's Private Secretary + Chandrika Iranganie Gopallawa
  • Clifford Ratwatte (-2009), Member of Parliament
  • Harris Leuke Ratwatte (1900–1964), Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Member of Parliament, Senator
  • General Anuruddha Ratwatte, Acting Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Lohan Ratwatte (born 1968), Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor
  • Mahendra Ratwatte, Basnayake Nilame of the Sri Maha Vishnu Devalaya of Kandy & Dedi Munda Devalaya of Aluthnuwara, Mayor of Kandy

    • (also related to the Bandaranaike family, William Gopallawa, A.R. Udugama, Hector Kobbekaduwa)

    Sakalasuriya

  • Sardhatissa Sakalasuriya, member of parliament, chairman of Provincial Council + Chandrika Sakalasuriya, Provincial Councillor
  • Samanmalee Sakalasuriya, Provincial Councillor

    • Samaraweera

  • Mahanama Samaraweera, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Khema Samaraweera
  • Mangala Samaraweera (born 1956), Government Minister, Member of Parliament

    • Samaraweera

  • Percy Samaraweera, Chief Minister of Uva
  • Upali Samaraweera, Minister of Uva
  • Ravindra Samaraweera, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

    • Sangarapillai

  • A. V. Sangarapillai,
  • Sir S. Pararajasingam, Senator + Pathmavathy Arunachalam
  • Lalithambikai (-2005) + M. Swaminathan
  • D. M. Swaminathan (born 1945), Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province

    • (also related to Coomaraswamy, Ulaganathar Mudaliyar of Manipay)

    Saravanamuttu

  • Sir Ratnasothy Saravanamuttu, first elected Ceylonese Mayor of Colombo, Member of the State Council + Naysum Saravanamuttu, Member of the State Council
  • Lieutenant Colonel S. Saravanamuttu, Member of the Colombo Municipal Council

    • Senanayake

  • Don Bartholomews Senanayake
  • Don Spater Senanayake (1848–1907), Mudaliyar + Dona Catherina Elizabeth Perera Gunasekera Senanayake (born 1848)
  • Don Charles Senanayake (1878–1931) + Euphemia Grace Millicent
  • Ivy Senanayake (1911–1984) + Dr Edmond Asoka Bulankulame (1900–1978)
  • Visakha Bulankulame (1935–1999) + Tissa Wijeyeratne (1923–2002)
  • Fredrick Richard Senanayake (1882–1926), Member of Legislative Council and independence activist + Ellen Attygalle
  • Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake (1911–1970) Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Don Stephen Senanayake (1884–1952), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council, Member of Legislative Council
  • Dudley Senanayake (1911–1973), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Robert Parakrama Senanayake (1913–1986)
  • Ranjani Senanayake + Ranjith Wijewardene
  • Ruwan Wijewardene (born 1975), Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor
  • Rukman Senanayake (born 1948), Assistant Leader of United National Party, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Ranjit Senanayake + Suwanitha
  • Vasantha Senanayake (born 1973), Member of Parliament

    • (also related to Sir John Lionel Kotelawala, Junius Richard Jayewardene, Ranjan Wijeratne and Ranil Wickremesinghe)

    Senewiratne

  • Captain C. P. J. Senewiratne, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Lakshman Senewiratne (born 1957), Government Minister, Member of Parliament

    • Tennakoon

  • T. B. Tennakoon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Yasaratne Tennakoon, Member of Parliament, Adviser to the Prime Minister
  • Tilina Tennakoon, Member of Parliament
  • Janaka Bandara Tennakoon (born 1953), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon, Provincial Councillor

    • Tambimuttu

  • E. R. Tambimuttu
  • Sam Tambimuttu, Member of Parliament
  • Arun Tambimuttu

    • Thondaman

  • V. E. K. R. Karuppaiah (Kumaravel) + Sithammai
  • Savumiamoorthy Thondaman (1913–1999), founder and leader of the Ceylon Workers' Congress, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Kothai
  • Ramanathan Thondaman
  • Arumugam Thondaman (born 1964), leader of the Ceylon Workers' Congress, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Senthil Thondaman, Former Uva Provincial Council Minister

    • Ulaganathar of Manipay

    Madava Mudaliyar (Birth between 1580 - 1600)

    Kathirkama Mudali

  • Ulaganathar Mudaliyar of Manipay 1664
  • Ulaganathar Mathar Mudaliyar
  • Mathar Kathirgamakanakkar
  • Kathirgamakanakkar Thillaiampalam
  • Thillaiampalam Arunachalam, Mudaliyar
  • A. Ponnambalam (1814–1887), Mudaliyar of the Governor's Gate + Sellachchi Coomaraswamy
  • P. Coomaraswamy (1849–1906), Member of Legislative Council
  • Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan KCMG QC (1851–1930), Solicitor General of British Ceylon, Member of Legislative Council + Sellachchi Ammal + Leelawathy Ramanathan (1870–1953)
  • Rajendra
  • Srimani + Sangarapillai Pathmanathan
  • Deshamanya Justice P. Ramanathan (1932-2006) - Supreme Court judge, Governor of Western Province
  • Sivagamasundari + S. Natesan, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council, Senator
  • Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam KCMG CCS (1853–1924), Member of Executive Council, Member of Legislative Council + Swarnambal Namasivayam
  • Arunachalam Padmanabha
  • Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva KCMG (1888–1969), Government Minister, Member of Legislative Council, Member of State Council, High Commissioner to India
  • Balakumar (Baku) Mahadeva
  • Arunachalam Ramanathan
  • Pathmavathy Arunachalam + Sir S. Pararajasingam, Senator
  • Pararajasingham Nadesan
  • Lalithambikai (-2005) + M. Swaminathan
  • D. M. Swaminathan (born 1945), Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province

    • (also related to Coomaraswamy)

    Viswanather-Arumugam-Cathiravelu

  • Vinayakar Viswanather
  • Viswanather Arumugam
  • Arumugam Canagaratnam, Member of Legislative Council
  • Arumugam Cathiravelu, Magistrate and District Judge
  • Cathiravelu Sittampalam CCS (1898–1964), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Cathiravelu Ponnambalam, first mayor of Jaffna
  • Viswanather Casipillai, Crown Proctor

    • Wanniarachchi

  • Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of North Western Province
  • Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi (born 1964), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Kanchana Jayaratne, Chairman, Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council

    • Wickremesinghe

  • D. P. Wickremasinghe, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Neranjan Wickremasinghe, Deputy Minister, Member of Parliament

    • Welagedara

  • Dingiri Bandara (D.B) Welagedara (1915–1989), Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of North Central Province
  • Sarath Welagedara, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

    • Wickremanayake

  • Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (born 1933), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Vidura Wickremanayake, Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor

    • Wijewardene

  • Tudugalage Muhandiram Don Phillip Wijeywardene + Dona Helena Dep Weerasinghe
  • Don Walter T Wijewardene (1894–1939) + Anula Kalyanawathi Wijesinghe
  • Upali Wijewardene (1938–1983)
  • Anoja Devi Wijewardene + Prof Stanley Wijesundera
  • Shalitha Wijesundera, Member of the Western Provincial Council
  • D. R. Wijewardena (1886–1950) + Alice Meedeniya
  • Ranjith Wijewardene + Ranjani Senanayake
  • Ruwan Wijewardene (born 1975), Ex Member of the Western Provincial Council and current Member of Parliament
  • Nalini Wijewardene + Esmond Wickremesinghe
  • Ranil Wickremasinghe (born 1949), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Agnes Helen Don Philip Wijewardene + Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene (1874–1932), Chief Justice
  • Junius Richard Jayewardene (1906–1996), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council
  • Hector Wilfred Jayewardene (1916–1990)

    • Wijeyeratne

  • Gabrial Perera Wijeyeratne + Dona Catherina Wickremasinghe Jayasekera
  • Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne (1889–1968), Government Minister, Senator + Leela Pethiyagoda Kumarihamy
  • Tissa Wijeyeratne (1923–2002), politician, diplomat, Barrister-at-Law and businessman He was also Additional Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence, and Senior Advisor (Foreign Affairs) to the Prime Minister + Bulankulame
  • Dr Nissanka Wijeyeratne (1924–2007), Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Nita Dullewe
  • Neranjan Wijeyeratne (born 1956), Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Leader of the Opposition in the Kandy Municipal Council + Devika Mediwake
  • Mano Wijeyeratne (1957–2011), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne, Acting Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Provincial Councillor

    • (also related to Senanayake, Ratwatte and Gopallawa)

    Yapa Abeywardena

  • Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (born 1945), Government Minister of Agriculture, Chief Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Sarath Yapa Abeywardena, Provincial Councillor
  • Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (born 1955), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Pasanda Yapa Abeywardena, Politician

    • References

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