William de Silva
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P. H. William de Silva was a 20th century Ceylonese politician.
William de Silva was educated at University College, Oxford. He was a member of the Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party (VLSSP, Revolutionary Ceylon Equal Society Party), with Marxist/Trotskyist leanings. He was Minister of Industries and Fisheries in the 1950s.
[edit] See also
- Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon (1956–1959).