Gunaratne Wanasinghe
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Gunaratne Wanasinghe ගුණරත්න වනසිංහ | |
|---|---|
| Head of Publicity Division of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | |
| In office 1981–1989 | |
| Leader | Rohana Wijeweera |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wanasinghe Arachchilage Don Gunaratne 1948 |
| Died | 15 November 1989 (aged 40) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Party | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna |
| Spouse | Wimala Wanasinghe |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Keenadeniya Maha Vidyalaya |
| Occupation | Politician, journalist, principal |
Wanasinghe Arachchilage Don Gunaratne (1948 – 15 November 1989: Sinhala: ගුණරත්න වනසිංහ), popularly as Gunaratne Wanasinghe, was a Sri Lankan political activist who was killed by army forces. He was the Head of Publicity Division and a member of the JVP party in the period 1970–1989. He was also known as Sena, Vane, Gune Aiya, Gunadasa.[1]
He was born in 1948 in Ambepussa, Sri Lanka as the youngest child in a family with five siblings. His father was a principal and the mother was a teacher. He was educated at Ambepussa Keenadeniya Maha Vidyalaya.[1]
Gunaratne was married to Wimala alias Sriyani. She was also a full time member of the JVP Matara District. The couple had one son where they lived in Imbulgoda, Gampaha for some time as a sewing family.[2] After the defeat of JVP, Wimala and son went to Switzerland to seek political asylum with the help of former JVP member Mahinda Kurukulasuriya. She later immigrated to France six months later without a B-permit to live in Switzerland. With the help of JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe, Wimala then joined the restaurant in France.[1]