L. de S. A. Gunasekera

Ceylonese politician (1933–2009) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lionel de Silva Abeyweera Gunasekera (18 April 1933 – 15 May 2009) was a Ceylonese school teacher and politician.[1][2][3]

Having started his career as a clerk, he became an English language teacher, he was elected to parliament from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the July 1960 general election from Kalawana defeating incumbent Abeyratne Pilapitiya.[4] He was the father of fourteen children.

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