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Baddegama Samitha Thero also simply known as Samitha Thero (14 September 1952 – 30 May 2021: Sinhala: පූජ්‍ය බද්දේගම සමිත හිමි) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and a politician. A member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), Ven. Baddegama Samitha Thero was a member of the Sri Lankan parliament for Galle District from 2001 to 2004. He represented the Southern Provincial Council under United People's Freedom Alliance. Samitha Thero is regarded as the first ever Buddhist monk to enter the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

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