Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi

Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi was a Sri Lankan politician who served as mayor, congressman, and cabinet minister. He was in the United National Party government from 1990 until his assassination.

Career

Deputy Mayor Colombo 1970–1971
Member Colombo Municipal Council 1962–1977
Member of Parliament 1977–1994
District Minister of Colombo 1978–1988
Minister of Petroleum Services 1988–1989
State Minister of Industries 1989–1990

Death

His political life was cut short when he was assassinated by a female suicide bomber of the Liberation [Tigers of Tamil Eelam] while attending an election rally in support of Gamini Dissanayake, for the Sri Lankan [presidential">Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan [presidential election|Presidential election of 1994].