This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka.
Abdul Majeed A. L. Abdul Majeed (15 November 1933 – 13 November 1987) also known as Mutur Majeed, former Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Member Parliament from 1960–1977. M. N. Abdul Majeed (1 January 1957 – ) Chief Minister of the Eastern Province, former Government Minister and Member of Parliament
Abeyratne Herath Banda Abeyratne – Member of Parliament for Yapahuwa (1977–1989), former Deputy Minister of Transport, former District Minister and former Provincial Council Member and Licensed Surveyor Abeyratne Pilapitiya (25 May 1925 – 2025) 3rd Governor of Uva Province, 2nd Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa Province, Member of Parliament for Kalawana 1960, 1965, 1977–82, Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications. Sri Lanka Parliament Directory of Past Members Abeyratne Ratnayaka – First Cabinet Minister of Food, Co-operatives and Home Affairs in independent Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the last President of the Senate of Ceylon, former Member of Parliament and State Council. Pathirage Don Abeyratne (26 November 1952 – ) Member of 5th Provincial Council of Kalutara, Member of Parliament for Kalutara 1989 and 2000, Chief Organiser for Horana. Lloyd Oscar Abeyratne – appointed member of Parliament (1960–64) Rohana Abeyratne – Postmaster General of Sri Lanka (2012–2018)
Abeywickrama
Don Pedris Ferdinandus Abeywickrama Padikara Muhandiram Don Pedris Francis Abeywickrama (28 May 1886 – 20 February 1966) writer, poet, critic and pioneer freedom fighter Keerthisena Abeywickrama (20 December 1933 – 18 August 1987) District Minister for Matara and Member of Parliament for Deniyaya in 1977 (UNP). Killed in the 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament. Keerthilatha Abeywickrama Member of Parliament for Deniyaya in 1987 (UNP). Don Hendrick Abeywickrama Vidane Arachchi in Morawaka Sumanadasa Abeywickrama (5 February 1928 – 27 February 2006) Deputy Minister of Agriculture Development & Research and Member of Parliament for Akmeemana in 1977 (UNP).
Abeywickrema Simon Abeywickrema (26 April 1899 – 2 May 1948) Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport. Member of State Council and Parliament, founding member of the United National Party (UNP) Henry Abeywickrema (24 December 1903 – 29 August 1982) Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works, Minister of Works, Member of Parliament, founding member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Ananda Abeywickrema (24 June 1960 – ) former member of Parliament for Galle District
Aluthgamage S.M Aluthgamage - Nawalapitiya Electorate - Member of Parliament 1970-1977 Mahindananda Aluthgamage - Member of parliament - 2000–present Ananda Aluthgamage - Member of Parliament - 2015-2019
Aluwihare Sir Richard Aluwihare, Inspector General of Police and Ceylon's High Commissioner to India Bernard Aluwihare (6 April 1902 – 22 January 1961) State Counsellor (1936–47), Member of Parliament (1952, 1960–61), Cabinet Minister Alick Aluwihare, (20 December 1926 – 17 May 2009) Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament Wasantha Aluwihare (16 July 1962 – ) Member of Parliament, former chief minister of Central Province, Deputy Minister. Ranjith Aluwihare (5 May 1958 – ) Member of Parliament for Matale District, former Opposition Leader, Matale Municipal Council Prasanna Kumara Aluwihare, Member of Pradeshiya saba Matale, former National javelin record holder / National Kabadi player / First class cricketer, Government Sports officer Loku Banda Aluvihare Mayor of Kandy (2006-2010)
Amarasuriya Ref:Jayawickrama/Amarasuriya Ancestry Mahendrapala Thomas de Silva Amarasuriya, Muhandiram Henry Mahendrapala Amarasuriya Independence activist Henry Woodward Amarasuriya, Cabinet Minister, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament and State Councillor, founding Secretary and Vice President of the United National Party, President of Ceylon National Congress and Lanka Mahajana Sabha, educationist, Buddhist activist and philanthropist1931 – 1948 Freedom Struggle and First Parliament.The Minutes of the inaugural meeting – 6 September 1946.Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees.H.W.Amarasuriya statue vandalised . Thomas Amarasuriya, OBE, Member of the State Council of Ceylon and President of the Senate of Ceylon. G. L. Peiris,(1946– ) Member of Parliament, Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and Deputy Minister of Finance, Minister of External Trade, Ethnic Affairs and National Integration. [Son in law of Thomas Amarasuriya] Montague Jayawickrama,(1911–2001) Member of Parliament, Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs and Governor of the North Western Province married Amara Amarasuriya [Brother in law of H.W. and Thomas Amarasuriya].
Amunugama Sarath Amunugama, Government Minister, Member of Parliament Dilum Amunugama, (nephew of Sarath Amunugama) Member of Parliament
Ashraff M. H. M. Ashraff, Government Minister, Member of Parliament Ferial Ashraff, Government Minister, Member of Parliament and diplomat"Former SL Minister Mrs. Ferial Ashraff appointed to National Institute of Education ", Lankanewspapers.com, 30 December 2010, retrieved 2011-03-26"New appointments in diplomatic service", Sunday Times, 6 March 2011, retrieved 2011-03-26
Atapattu Ref: Don Johannes Atapattu + Kadawedduwage Dona Carolina Wijekoon D. P. Atapattu (1899–1976), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Daya Dahanayake Ranjit Atapattu Government Minister, Member of Parliament. Druvindra Atapattu contestant in 2009 General Election (also related to Dr Karunasena Kodituwakku)
Atukorale Gamini Atukorale,(1951–2002) Government Minister, Member of Parliament Thalatha Atukorale, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
Athulathmudali Ref: Don William Athulathmudali Don Daniel Athulathmudali (1901–1958), Member of State Council Lalith Athulathmudali (1936–1993), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Srimani Athulathmudali (1946-2004), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
Attanayake Attanayake Mudiyanselage Jayawardena Attanayake (Member of Parliament, Moneragala District 1970 and 1994) and Basnayake Nilame of the Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devalaya Senarath Attanayake Former Provincial Minister of Uva Province and current Member of Uva Provincial Council
Attygalle Ref: Don Charles Gemoris Attygalle, Mudaliyar Alice Elizabeth Attygalle + John Kotelawala Sir John Kotelawala (4 April 1895 – 2 October 1980) Prime Minister of Ceylon, Cabinet Minister, member of Parliament (1947–60), Member of State Council (1931–47), Member of Legislative CouncilGeneral Sir John Kotelawala – a devout soldier and a true gentleman politicianMen & Memories Sir John — the most colourful personality of our time Justin Kotelawala (1905–1973), Senator + Millicent de Silva Lalith Kotelawala Lena Attygalle + Colonel Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene (1872–1945), Member of State CouncilJ.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka, By K. M. De Silva, William Howard Wriggins Ellen Attygalle + Fredrick Richard Senanayake (1882–1926), Member of Legislative Council Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake (4 November 1911 – 22 December 1970), Member of State Council, Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament (1947–70)
Sir Nicholas Attygalle - President of the Senate of Ceylon C. E. Attygalle - Parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Health and member of parliament
Balasuriya Punchi Banda Balasuriya (1907–1978), UC Chairman (1948–1967), Member of Parliament (1960–1965, 1970–1977) + Hema Balasuriya Dr. Jagath Balasuriya, Provincial Council Member (1988–1989), Member of Parliament (1989–1994), Deputy Minister of Cooperative (1994–2000), Deputy Minister of Urban Development (2001–2002), Governor North Central (2004–2008), Deputy Minister of Labor (2010–2011), Cabinet Minister for National Heritage (2011–2015) + Kumari Balasuriya, Governor Southern Province (2008–2015) Tharaka Balasuriya, Member of Parliament, Provincial council member + Malintha Bolonghe Balasuriya
Bandara Chandra Bandara Government Minister, Member of Parliament Chandani Bandara, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
Bandaranaike
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Don Francisco Dias Wijetunga Bandaranaike (1720 – ), Mudaliyar Hewagam Korale + Dona Maria Perera Conrad Pieter Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike, Maha Mudliyar Jacabus Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike (1780 – ), Mudaliyar of Governor Gate, Translator of Supreme Court + Liyanage Catherine Philipsz Panditharatne Rev Canon Samuel William Dias Bandaranaike + Cornelia Susanna Elizabeth Dias Bandaranaike Felix Reginold Dias Bandaranaike (1861–1947) + Annie Lucy (Florence) de Alwis (1864–1920) Reginald Felix Dias Bandaranaike (1891–1951), Judge of the Supreme Court + Freda Dias Abeysinghe Felix Dias Bandaranaike (1930–1985), Government Minister, Member of Parliament Don Daniel Dias Banaranaike + Dona Clara Amarasekere Don Solomon Dias Bandaranaike (−1859), Mudaliyar of Siyane Korale, 1st Udagaha Mudaliyar + Cornelia Philipsz Panditharatne de Saram Don Christoffel Henricus Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilake Seneviratne Bandaranaike (1826– ), Mudaliyar Governors Gate and 2nd Udagaha Mudaliyar + Anna Florentina Philipsz Panditharatne Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike JP (1862–1946), Maha Mudaliyar + Daisy Ezline Obeyesekere S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899–1959), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council. + Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916–2000), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Member of Parliament, Senator Sunethra Bandaranaike (c. 1943– ), philanthropist and socialiteSunethra Bandaranaike Chandrika Kumaratunga (1945– ), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Member of Parliament, Chief Minister of Western Province, Provincial CouncillorSkard, Torild "Chandrika Kumaratunga" in Women of Power – half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide, Bristol: Policy Press, 2014, 978-1-44731-578-0 + Vijaya Kumaratunga (1945–1988), actor and politician Anura Bandaranaike (1949–2008); Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
(also related to Ratwatte family, Ellawala family, William Gopallawa, S. D. Bandaranayake, A.R. Udugama, Panini Ilangakoon, Hector Kobbekaduwa, Jeewan Kumaranatunga, Ranjan Ramanayake)
Bakeer Markar Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar (12 May 1917 – 10 September 1997) 10th Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Minister without Portfolio, Member of Parliament, Governor of Southern ProvinceOfficial Website of SL Parliament Imthiaz Bakeer Markar, (8 August 1953 ) Government Minister, Member of Parliament
Bulankulame Punchi Banda Bulankulame Dissawe,(12 December 1890 – 17 December 1958) Member of the State Council (1936), Member, House of Representatives, Parliamentary Secretary (Agriculture and Lands), Minister of Lands and Land Development Sri Lanka: The Untold StoryFirst cabinet had only 14 ministersLate Deshamanya E. L. B. Hurulle (Maternal Uncle of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle and Granduncle of Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle) Deshamanya Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle, (19 January 1919 – 6 April 2009), Member, House of Representatives, Member of Parliament, Government Minister, Governor, Central Province, High Commissioner in Australia, Governor, North Central ProvinceDeshamanya E. L. B. Hurulle. The Island, Retrieved on 17 May 2009.In victory or defeat he was the gentleman politician. The Sunday Times, Retrieved on 3 May 2009. (Nephew of P.B. Bulankulame Dissawe) Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle, (16 March 1952– ), Member of Parliament, Project Minister (Science and Technology), Member, North Central Provincial Council, Director-General of Telecommunications, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (T.R.C.S.L.), Engineer (A.C.&R.) (Son of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle)
Cooray Mervyn J. Cooray (16 July 1938 – 15 January 2011) former State Minister of Power and Energy, member of Parliament Devapriya Cooray