List of Govigama people
This is a list of prominent members of the Govigama community in Sri Lanka.
Notable Govigama people
- Nicholas Dias Abeyesinghe Amarasekere - Maha Mudaliar of Dutch Ceylon [1][2][3]
- Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike - Maha Mudaliar of British Ceylon[4][5]
- D.S Senanayake - First Prime Minister of Ceylon [6][7]
- Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke - Cabinet Minister and First Ceylonese Governor-General [8]
- Dudley Senanayake - Prime Minister of Ceylon [7]
- John Kotelawala - Prime Minister of Ceylon [5]
- S.W.R.D Bandaranaike - Prime Minister of Ceylon [4][5]
- Dr.Wijeyananda Dahanayake - Prime Minister of Ceylon [9]
- Chandrika Kumaratunga - President and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka [4][5]
- Mahinda Rajapaksa - President and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- Maithripala Sirisena - President of Sri Lanka
- Ranil Wickremasinghe - Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- Ratnasiri Wickremanayake - Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- D. M. Jayaratne - Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- Edwin Wijeyeratne - Cabinet Minister & Senator
- Philip Gunawardena - Cabinet Minister & MP
- Gamini Dissanayake - Cabinet Minister, MP & Presidential candidate
- Lalith Athulathmudali - Cabinet Minister & MP
- Karu Jayasuriya - Cabinet Minister & MP
- Rohitha Bogollagama - Cabinet Minister & MP
- Anura Kumara Dissanayaka - Leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, Cabinet Minister & MP
- Ruwan Wijewardene - Member of the Parliament for Gampaha District & Minister
See also
- Govigama
- Radala
- Sri Lankan Mudaliyars
- Patti caste
References
- ↑ Social Change in Nineteenth Century Ceylon
- ↑ [Social change in nineteenth century Ceylon],Lake House Bookshop, Colombo, 1995 , Patrick Peebles, Page 45
- ↑ ‘Enthusiast’s guide’ to unique Sri Lankan real estate
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Nilaperumal Kalukapuge
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Premadasa Exceptionalism and challenges it currently faces…
- ↑ Don Bartholomews Senanayake
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 GOVIGAMA
- ↑ Timeline of the Karava
- ↑ How Mrs. Bandaranaike became Prime Minister in 1960 - Elections
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