This is a list of Anandians, alumni of the Ananda College, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Heads of state
Gotabaya Rajapaksa - 7th President of Sri Lanka
Heads of government
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake - Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2000—2001, 2005—2010)
National politics
Heads of legislature
Name Notability Reference(s) Anandatissa de Alwis Speaker of the National State Assembly of Sri Lanka (1977–1978), government minister Karu Jayasuriya Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2015–2020), government minister, former ambassador to Germany
Ministers and legislators
Current
Government benches
Name Notability Reference(s) Dullas Alahapperuma Government Minister, Member of Parliament Tissa Vitharana Member of Parliament, Leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, Professor of Microbiology R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara Minister of Public Administration and Management, Member of Parliament Daya Gamage Minister of Primary Industry, Member of Parliament Mohan Lal Grero, MP State Minister of University Education, Member of Parliament, educationists Achala Jagodage Member of Parliament Ashu Marasinghe Member of Parliament Ajith Perera Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy, Member of Parliament Arjuna Ranatunga Cabinet Minister of Ports and Shipping, Member of Parliament, former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team Rajitha Senaratne Cabinet Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine, Dental surgeon Bimal Rathnayake Cabinet Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development and Leader of the House of Parliament Dammika Patabendi Cabinet Minister of Environment
Opposition benches
Name Notability Reference(s) P. Dayaratna Member of Parliament for Ampara (1989-present) Gitanjana Gunawardena Member of Parliament Nalaka Godahewa Member of Parliament for Gampaha (2020-present) Pradeep Undugoda Member of Parliament for Colombo (2020-present)
Former Ossie Abeygunasekara – former leader of Sri Lanka Mahajana Party Thomas Amarasuriya – former Member of the State Council of Ceylon; President of the Senate of Ceylon D. P. Atapattu – former Member of Parliament for Beliatte, Secretary to the Minister of State, 1965–70 R. M. Dharmadasa Banda – ex minister of Agriculture Rohitha Bogollagama – former minister of Foreign Affairs; former Member of Parliament General Sarath Fonseka – leader of Democratic Party; former Member of Parliament Tudor Gunasekara – former Member of Parliament for Mahara Electorate, District Minister for Gampaha; first Sri Lankan Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria and Romania (note: also listed in "Diplomats") Philip Gunawardena – served as Minister of Agriculture in 1956 Cabinet; Minister of Fisheries Indradasa Hettiarachchi – former Minister of Industries I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla – former Minister of Education D. D. Athulathmudali – former Senator Prins Gunasekera – former Member of the Parliament Lakshman Jayakody – former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister; Presidential advisor V. G. W. Ratnayake – former Sri Lankan MP P. B. G. Kalugalla – former Minister of Finance Wickremabahu Karunaratne – leader of the Nava Lanka Samasamaja Party; served as a Provincial Councillor representing Colombo District P. Kumarasiri- former Member of the Parliament Sanjeewa Kavirathna – former Member of Parliament; Member of Central Provincial council; Sri Lanka's first Green Awarded politician Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi – former Colombo District Minister; Member of Parliament (Kolonnawa) Imthiaz Bakeer Markar – former Cabinet Minister of Media, Postal and Telecommunications V. Navaratnam – former Member of Parliament Herbert Sri Nissanka – former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament C. E. Attygalle – former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament N. M. Perera – founder and leader of LSSP; former Minister of Finance Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra – former Member of Parliament V. Karalasingham – former lawyer, writer; politician Basil Rajapaksa – former Minister of Economic Development; Member of Parliament Prins Gunasekera former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament Suranimala Rajapaksha – former Minister of School Education Lalitha Rajapakse – former Minister of Justice of Ceylon, elected Member of the Senate of Ceylon; former Sri Lankan Ambassador to France; High Commissioner to the United Kingdom N. R. Rajavarothiam – Ceylon Tamil politician; former Member of Parliament Bimal Rathnayaka – former Member of Parliament Dharmasiri Senanayake – former Cabinet Minister of Media, Tourism and Civil Aviation; General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party William de Silva – former Cabinet Minister of Industries and Fisheries; former Ceylon High Commissioner to Canada T. B. Subasinghe – former Speaker of the Parliament; Cabinet Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs Dingiri Bandara Welagedara – former Cabinet Minister of Plan Implementation; former Governor of North Central Province S. A. Wickramasinghe – former senator; founder of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka V. Yogeswaran – former Member of Parliament S. K. K. Suriarachchi - former Member of Sri Lankan Parliament G. K. W. Perera - Former Member of the Ceylon State Council K. D. David Perera - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament Siri Andrahennady - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament Bernard Soysa - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament Noel Wimalasena - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament Piyasena Tennakoon - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament V. G. W. Ratnayake - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament C. E. Attygalle - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament S. A. Peeris - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament Noel Wimalasena - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament from Kandy District G. K. W. Perera - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament Sanjeeva Kaviratne - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament Dayasena Pasqual - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament K. D. David Perera - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament Noel Wimalasena - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament J. D. Weerasekera - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
Judiciary
Chief justice
G. P. S. de Silva - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka Arthur Wijewardena - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Puisne justice of the Supreme Court
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma, Attorney General of Burma, architect of the first Constitution of Burma in 1947 - Former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka - Former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka - Former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka - Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, former president of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
Provincial and local government
Name Notability Reference(s) former Governor of North-Western Province former District Secretary for Jaffna Ratnasiri Rajapakse Mayor of Colombo (1991–1996), municipal councillor
Diplomats
Name Notability Reference(s) linguist, Head of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo, Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand former Member of Parliament for Mahara Electorate, District Minister for Gampaha; first Sri Lankan Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria and Romania former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Germany Sri Lankan Ambassador to Japan, Secretary Ministry of Highways and Road Development, National Security Adviser, Commander of the Navy Ambassador to France; High Commissioner to the United Kingdom former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States of America, France and Geneva former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
Armed forces
Army
Name Rank Notability Reference(s) Field Marshal Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka Armed Forces (2009), Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (2005–2009) General Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka Armed Forces (2004–2005), Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (2000–2004) General Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1988–1991) General Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1996–1998) General Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (2017–2019)Sanjaya WanasingheMajor General Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Armed Forces (July 2023 - Oct 2023) Major General former Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Army, former Commander of the Security Forces – Headquarters East (SF HQ (E)) Major General former Commander of the Security Forces – Headquarters East (SF HQ (E)) Major General former Commander of the Security Forces – Headquarters East (SF HQ (E)) Major General former Chief of Staff of Sri Lankan Army Major General former Commander 57th division of Sri Lankan Army, former Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Army Major General former Commander 53rd division of Sri Lankan Army, Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Major General Major General former Commander 56th division, Special Forces Regiment, and Army Commando Regiment of Sri Lankan Army Lieutenant Colonel Second Lieutenant first Sri Lankan commissioned officer to be killed in action in Sri Lankan Civil War
Navy
Name Rank Notability Reference(s) Admiral of the Fleet Commander of the Navy (2005–2009) Rear Admiral Chief of Staff of the Navy, first director general of the Civil Security Force
Air force
Name Rank Notability Reference(s) Air Vice Marshal Air Force Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lanka Air Force
Police
Name Notability Reference(s) Inspector-General of Police (1955–1959) Inspector-General of Police (2009–2011) Inspector-General of Police (1951–1953) Deputy Inspector General of Police, 1960 national featherweight champion, 1960 Olympic Games competitor
Academics
Name Notability Reference(s) First Vice Chancellor of Eastern University Author, Professor of Physics, Dean - Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Scientist, Professor in Theoretical Physics Université de Montréal Professor of Mass Communications Emeritus affiliated with Minnesota State University Moorhead Professor of Engineering and AI, University of Melbourne Professor of Economics, Chairman of University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka) Professor in Buddhist Philosophy and Comparative Religion at Peradeniya University; Dean of the Faculty of Arts; member of Board of Regents of University of Sri Lanka Lecturer of Electronics at Peradeniya University; Leader of Nava Samsamaja Party Former Professor of Engineering; Vice Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa Professor of Mathematics, Kent State University Author, former principal of Royal College, Colombo Author, Professor of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya Dean - Faculty of Applied Sciences Simon Fraser University, Canada; Vice-President (Research and International), Carleton University, Canada Professor of Civil Engineering; Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya Professor of Computer Science; former dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo Professor, School of Engineering, Macquarie University, Australia Professor of Theology University of Toronto Aviator; engineer; Educator; former vice chancellor University of Ceylon; Founder of the University of Moratuwa Former professor of chemistry; vice chancellor University of Colombo Professor of civil engineering; founding dean (emeritus) Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary Founder of North Colombo Medical College Linguist, Head of the Department of Sinhala, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo 3rd Governor of the Central Bank of Sri LankaEconomist, 7th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Economist, 17th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Medicine
Name Notability Reference(s) Professor of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya founder of North Colombo Medical College, University of Kelaniya Professor of Microbiology Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health Legal