Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake
Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake (18 September 1922 - 21 January 2012) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was a member of parliament and Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of Planning and Employment.
Qualified as proctor, he worked as a journalist, serving as the Deputy Editor of Lankadeepa and the Secretary General of the Afro Asian Writers’ Bureau. Having entered politics as a member of the Communist Party of Ceylon, he first contested the Dedigama electorate in 1960 July general election from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and lost to Dudley Senanayake and was appointed Chairman of the Cooperative Wholesale Establishment (CWE), serving from 1960 to 1965. He again contested the 1965 general election from Dedigama and was again defeated by Dudley Senanayake. The new established national government carried out a public inquiry his tenure at the CWE. He contested the 1970 general election from Minneriya and was elected to parliament defeating C. P. de Silva and was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Planning and Employment. He contested the 1977 general election and lost to C. P. de Silva's brother Merril de Silva. He had served as Sri Lankan Ambassador to China and was the President of the China Friendship Association. Dharmasiri Senanayake was his brother and he was married to Gloria Senanayake.[1][2]
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- Speaker: Stanley Tillekeratne
- Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- Leader of the Opposition: J. R. Jayewardene
- M. S. Aluthgamage
- P. G. Ariyatillake
- Gamini Dissanayake
- A. G. Fernando
- Monty Gopallawa
- Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed
- T. B. M. Herath
- Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne
- D. M. Jayaratne
- T. B. Jayasundera
- U. P. Y. Jinadasa
- Hector Kobbekaduwa
- R. Kulatillake
- H. M. Navaratne
- E. L. Senanayake
- Hemachandra Sirisena
- Piyasena Tennakoon
- T. B. Tennekoon
- Richard Udugama
- P. B. Unantenne
- J. D. Weerasekera
- Noel Wimalasena
- S. B. Yalegama
- T. B. Herath
- A. M. Jinadasa
- R. B. Ratnamalala
- K. B. Ratnayake
- Maithripala Senanayake
- Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake
- P. M. K. Tennakoon
- Leelaratne Wijesinghe
- S. M. Asenkudhoos
- M. H. Naina Marikkar
- Tissa Balalla
- Augustheenu Fonseka
- Maithripala Herath
- S. B. Herat
- S. D. R. Jayaratne
- L. B. Jayasena
- G. W. Samarasinghe
- Tikiri Banda Subasinghe
- Mudiyanse Tennakoon
- Protus Tissera
- P. B. Wettewa
- D. P. Wickramasinghe
- M. A. J. Wijesinghe
- P. Wijesinghe
- S. Wijewardena
- B. A. P. B. Balasuriya
- Nanda Ellawala
- Piyadasa Harischandra
- P. B. G. Kalugalla
- V. T. G. Karunaratne
- Sarath Muttetuwegama
- Vasudeva Nanayakkara
- N. M. Perera
- P. R. Ratnayake
- Mallikka Ellawala Ratwatte
- Seetha Seneviratne
- Dudley Senanayake
- Athauda Seneviratne
- W. A. A. Sirisena
- Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi
- Dhanapala Weerasekera
- P. O. Wimalanaga
- Sumanapala Dahanayake
- Wijeyananda Dahanayake
- Neal de Alwis
- Ronnie de Mel
- L. C. de Silva
- Weerasinghe de Silva
- Henry William Dissanayake
- Prins Gunasekera
- Panini Ilangakoon
- Albert Kariyawasam
- M. G. Mendis
- Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara
- George Rajapaksa
- Mahinda Rajapaksa
- Don Roy Rajapakse
- Senapala Samarasekera
- Edirisuriya Tennyson
- B. Y. Tudawe
- S. A. Wickramasinghe
- R. M. Appuhamy
- W. P. G. Ariyadasa
- K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda
- B. H. Bandara
- R. M. Bandara
- W. M. R. S. B. Delungahawatta
- A. M. Jayawardena
- S. A. S. Somapala
- Raja Welegama
- D. D. E. Wickremaratne
- Kusala Abhayawardana
- Felix Dias Bandaranaike
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- A. T. Basnayake
- I. A. Cader
- Falil Caffoor
- Somaweera Chandrasiri
- Wimalasiri de Mel
- Colvin R. de Silva
- K. C. de Silva
- Denzil Fernando
- Cholomondeley Goonewardene
- Leslie Goonewardene
- Vivienne Goonewardene
- Chandra Gunasekera
- T. B. Ilangaratne
- Lakshman Jayakody
- Bonnie Jayasuriya
- J. R. Jayewardene
- Pieter Keuneman
- A. D. J. L. Leo
- Mangala Moonesinghe
- S. Obeyesekera
- Dayasena Pasqual
- Paris Perera
- R. S. Perera
- Ranasinghe Premadasa
- Wilfred Senanayake
- M. P. de Z. Siriwardena
- Bernard Soysa
- V. A. Sugathadasa
- S. K. K. Suriarachchi
- Stanley Tillekeratne
- Herbert Wickramasinghe
- Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
- Abdul Aziz
- M. D. S. Jayawardene
- S. S. Kulatileke
- Badi-ud-din Mahmud
- J. E. J. Rodrigo
- M. C. Subramaniam
- Chelliah Kumarasuriyar
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