Sarath Wijesinghe

Senator Sarath Wijesinghe OBE was a Sri Lankan politician and businessmen. He was Cabinet Minister of Nationalised Services of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Government and was a member of the Senate of Ceylon from 1956 to 1960 and was the President of the Senate till 1965.^[1]

Born to Muhandiram D. F. Wijesinghe of Kamburupitiya and Mrs. S. L. Goonatillake Wijesinghe of Weligama, wealthy planters and graphite mine owners. He was educated at the Royal College, Colombo and was married to one of the sisters of. Dr S. A. Wickramasinghe.

References

↑ Millionaire with sterling qualities

Presidents of the Senate of Ceylon

Gerard Wijeyekoon Nicholas Attygalle Cyril de Zoysa Sarath Wijesinghe Thomas Amarasuriya Abeyratne Ratnayaka

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