Harris Leuke Ratwatte

Harris Leuke Ratwatte (known as Harris Leuke Ratwatte Dissawa ) (1900 - 1964) was a Ceylonese legislator. He was a member of the State Council of Ceylon, Parliament and the Senate of Ceylon. Ratwatte was also appointed a Dissawa and was elected as the Diyawadana Nilame of Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy.[1][2][3]

Born to Abeyratne Banda Ratwatte Basnayake and Thalgahagoda Lewke Punchi Kumarihamy, his brothers were Sir Cuda Ratwatte Adigar former mayor of Kandy and Barnes Ratwatte Dissawa who was also a member of the State Council.

In 1933 he became the Basnayake Nilame of the Kataragama Devale and the Maha Vishnu Devale of Kandy. He was elected to the State Council in 1936 from Kegalle and held the seat till 1947. From 1940 to 1942 he was a member of the Kandy Municipal Council. In 1948 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Mawanella and held the seat till 1952. In 1955 he was elected to the Senate. He was elected to the post of Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa in 1961 and held the post till his death in 1964.[4]

Harris Leuke Ratwatte married Mallika Katugaha Kumarihamy, daughter of Katugaha Bandaranayake Herath Mudiyanse Punchi Bandara, acting Rate Mahatmaya of Yatikinda. One of his sons was General Anuruddha Ratwatte former Cabinet Minister and he was the uncle of Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the first female Prime Minister in the world. His grandson Lohan Ratwatte is the Member of Parliament representing the Kandy District and another grandson, Mahendra Ratwatte is the current Mayor of Kandy.

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  1. ↑ ශ්‍රී ල.නි.ප.ය තරගකර දිනූ මුල්ම ආසනය
  2. ↑ Anuruddha Ratwatte's political biography (ISBN 978-955-20-9966-3) by Godage International Publishers, Maradana Road, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.
  3. ↑ Sri Lanka’s former Deputy Minister of Defense General Anuruddha Ratwatte has passed away
  4. ↑ Venerated post for dignified man Harris Leuke Ratwatte