President J. R. Jayewardene Name Vincent Perera | President J. R. Jayewardene Preceded by Kiri Banda Ratnayake | |
President J. R. JayewardeneRanasinghe Premadasa | ||
Succeeded by Wimal Wickremasinghe |
Mathew Vincent Perera (21 September 1918 - 7 April 1993) was a Sri Lankan statesman. He served in multiple cabinet positions and government posts. Perera was also Mayor of Colombo twice.
Perera was one the wounded in the 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament.
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