Doolwala Galapitage Hemachandra Sirisena (born 3 January 1914) was a Ceylonese entrepreneur and politician. He served as Deputy Minister of Labour in theSecond Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet. Having produced fireworks since 1927, Sirisena founded the Kandiyan Fireworks Company in 1935. He was first elected to theParliament of Sri Lanka as first member forAkurana, Harispathuwa representing theSri Lanka Freedom Party in the1965 parliamentary election. He was elected the second member for the Akurana electoral district in the1970 parliamentary election.[1][2][3]