Sri Lankan politician (born 1935)
Don Edwin Weerasinghe Gunasekera (born 4 March 1935) is aSri Lankan politician, former Member of Parliament and former cabinet minister. He is the current leader of theCommunist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL), a member of theUnited People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).[ 1]
Gunasekera was born 4 March 1935 in Kivula in southernCeylon .[ 2] [ 3] Rahula College inMatara .[ 4] [ 5] Vidyalankara University in the 1950s, graduating with a degree in economics.[ 3]
Gunasekera joinedCeylon Law College in the early 1970s but wasexpelled for attempting to cheat.[ 6]
After Vidyalankara Gunasekera worked at the Inland Revenue Department for many years.[ 3]
Gunasekera joined theCommunist Party of Ceylon in 1958.[ 3] Mawbima and was a youth leader.[ 3] central committee and eventually the party's general secretary.[ 3]
In 1988 the CPSL,Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP),Nava Sama Samaja Party andSri Lanka People's Party formed theUnited Socialist Alliance (USA).[ 7] Matara District at the1989 parliamentary election but the USA failed to win any seats in the district.[ 8] [ 9] Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and theJanatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) formed theUnited People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] National List MP in theSri Lankan Parliament following the2004 parliamentary election .[ 13] Speaker but was defeated by opposition candidateW. J. M. Lokubandara after three dramatic rounds of voting in Parliament.[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19]
Gunasekera was re-appointed as a UPFA National List MP following the2010 parliamentary election .[ 20] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] 2015 presidential election .
At the2015 parliamentary election Gunasekera was placed on the UPFA's list of National List candidates.[ 26] [ 27] [ 28] [ 29]
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