Alick Aluwihare | |
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| Member of Parliament forMatale | |
| In office 1961–1970 | |
| In office 1977–2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 December 1926 Matale |
| Died | 17 May 2009 (2009-05-18) (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United National Party |
Wanisekara Bandaranayake Wasala Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Aluwihare Uda Walauwe Alick Aluwihare (commonly known asAlick Aluwihare; 20 December 1926 – 17 May 2009) was a Sri Lankan politician belonging to theUnited National Party. He was a Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister. He was a Minister of Post & Telecommunication and Minister of Ports & Shipping in thePremadasa cabinet. He was the Home Affairs and Local Government Minister in the Ranil Wickramasinghe Cabinet in 2001 .[1] He was elected to theSri Lankan Parliament Eight Times fromMatale Electoral District.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Alick Aluwihare was born inMatale to William Aluwihare a Sri Lankan Government Official and Aluwihare Kumarihamy on December 20, 1926. He was a student ofVijaya College, Matale and later joinedSt. Thomas' College, Matale. He had an arranged married to Jinawathie a student of Hillwood college on May 9, 1957. He has five children includingRanjith Aluwihare,Wasantha Aluwihare andDaljith Aluwihare who are also Sri Lankan politicians.
He enteredSri Lankan Parliament by winning a bye election in 1961 fromMatale replacing his uncleBernard Aluwihare who had died. He was member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for nearly 40 years till death in 2009 winning every election except 1970 when he was defeated by 650 votes.[10]