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Kusumasiri Gunawardena (née Amarasinghe) (1912–1986) was a Ceylonese politician. Kusumasiri was born in Medaketiya (Tangalle) on 26 May 1912, the daughter of Don Davith Amarasinghe and Sophinona. She was educated at Rahula Maha Vidyalaya, Tangalle, St. Mary's Convent Matara and Musaeus College, Colombo. She later participated in the Suriya Mal movement and joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party. As a member of parliament she campaigned for equal treatment of women, pushing for women to be recruited to the civil service and be appointed to senior positions in government departments.

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rdfs:label	Kusumasiri Gunawardena (en)
rdfs:comment	Kusumasiri Gunawardena (née Amarasinghe) (1912–1986) was a Ceylonese politician. Kusumasiri was born in Medaketiya (Tangalle) on 26 May 1912, the daughter of Don Davith Amarasinghe and Sophinona. She was educated at Rahula Maha Vidyalaya, Tangalle, St. Mary's Convent Matara and Musaeus College, Colombo. She later participated in the Suriya Mal movement and joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party. As a member of parliament she campaigned for equal treatment of women, pushing for women to be recruited to the civil service and be appointed to senior positions in government departments. (en)
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name	Kusumasiri Gunawardena (en)
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birth place	Medaketiya (en)
birth date	1912-05-26 (xsd:date)
dct:subject	1912 births 1986 deaths Lanka Sama Samaja Party politicians Members of the 1st Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 2nd Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party Dehiowita Electoral District Colombo Electoral District Gitanjana Gunawardena Musaeus College 1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election 1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election 1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election Mahajana Eksath Peramuna A. E. B. Kiriella A. F. Wijemanne 1912 births 1986 deaths Lanka Sama Samaja Party politicians Members of the 1st Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 2nd Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon Parliament of Sri Lanka Prasanna Gunawardena Yadamini Gunawardena Tangalle The Honourable Lanka Sama Samaja Party Dinesh Gunawardena Avissawella Electoral District March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election Philip Gunawardena Soma Wickremanayake St. Mary's Convent Matara Indika Gunawardena Second World War Kiriella Electoral District List of Mayors of Colombo
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alma mater	Rahula Maha Vidyalaya, Tangalle, St. Mary's Convent Matara, Musaeus College, Colombo (en)
birth date	1912-05-26 (xsd:date)
birth name	Kusumasiri Amarasinghe (en)
children	Indika, Prasanna, Dinesh, Gitanjana, Lakmali (en)
death date	1986-05-30 (xsd:date)
honorific prefix	The Honourable
nationality	Sri Lankan (en)
occupation	Politician (en)
parliament	Ceylon (en)
party	Lanka Sama Samaja Party
predecessor	A. E. B. Kiriella Philip Gunawardena
spouse	Philip Gunawardena
successor	A. E. B. Kiriella Philip Gunawardena (en)
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has abstract	Kusumasiri Gunawardena (née Amarasinghe) (1912–1986) was a Ceylonese politician. Kusumasiri was born in Medaketiya (Tangalle) on 26 May 1912, the daughter of Don Davith Amarasinghe and Sophinona. She was educated at Rahula Maha Vidyalaya, Tangalle, St. Mary's Convent Matara and Musaeus College, Colombo. She later participated in the Suriya Mal movement and joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party. On 30 June 1939 she married Philip Gunawardena, one of the founders of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party. During the Second World War, when her husband escaped from detention in Ceylon to India, she followed in disguise. They were both later arrested by Indian police in 1943 and after several months deported back to Ceylon. In 1947 Phillip was elected at 1st parliamentary election as the member for Avissawella, representing the Lanka Sama Samaja Party. In 1948 however he was dismissed from parliament due to his involvement in the General Strike in 1947, losing his civic rights for seven years. He was replaced by Kusumasiri, who was elected unopposed in the 1948 by election, making her the second elected female Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka. She retained the seat at the 2nd parliamentary elections in 1952, representing the Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party. She did not contest the seat of Avissawella following 1956 parliamentary elections in favour of her husband, instead she ran for the seat of Kiriella Electoral District, where she was duly elected. She failed to retain the seat at the March 1960 parliamentary elections. She then unsuccessfully contested the seat of Dehiowita Electoral District in the July 1960 parliamentary elections, polling third after Soma Wickremanayake and A. F. Wijemanne. As a member of parliament she campaigned for equal treatment of women, pushing for women to be recruited to the civil service and be appointed to senior positions in government departments. Her eldest son, Indika, was a member of parliament and a cabinet member, her second son, Prasanna, was the Mayor of Colombo between 2002 and 2006, her third son, Dinesh, is current prime minister of Sri Lanka, representing the Colombo Electoral District and the current leader of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP), whilst her fourth son, Gitanjana was also a member of parliament and a deputy minister. One of her grandsons, Yadamini Gunawardena, is also a member of parliament. (en)
constituency MP	Avissawella Electoral District

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