Honourable G. M. Premachandra MP |
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Former Cabinet Minister of Labour and Vocational Training | |
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Kurunegala District |
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In office 25 August 1994 – 24 October 1994 |
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Died | 24 October 1994 Thotalanga, Grandpass, Sri Lanka. |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | United National Party |
Religion | Buddhism |
G. M. Premachandra (d. October 24, 1994) was the Cabinet Minister of Labour and Vocational Training of United National Party government from 1990-94.[1] He was re-elected from the Parliamentary election of 1994. But he was assassinated by a female suicide bomber of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) while attending an election rally in support of Gamini Dissanayake, for the Presidential election of 1994.[2] He was an alumnus of Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala.