Harindra Corea information

Harindra Corea
Harindra Corea
Minister of State for Ports and Telecommunication
	In office; 18 February 1989 – 16 August 1994
President	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga ; Ranasinghe Premadasa
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe ; Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 2000–2001
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Deputy Minister of Public Administration
	In office; 1980–1989
President	J. R. Jayewardene
Prime Minister	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Member of Parliament; for Chilaw
	In office; 1977–1988
Preceded by	S. D. R. Jayaratne
Succeeded by	Constituency Abolished
Personal details
Born	4 March 1936; Colombo, British Ceylon
Died	21 October 2005 (aged 69); Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United National Party
Other political; affiliations	People's Alliance
Spouse	Rochelle Corea
Children	Sheonie, Harindrini
Parent(s)	Claude Corea; Lylie Corea
Alma mater	S. Thomas College, Preparatory School, Bandarawela, ; St Paul's School, London, ; University College, Oxford
Occupation	politician
Profession	Lawyer

Harindra Jayantha Corea (4 March 1936 - 21 October 2005) was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament, who represented Chilaw. He was member of the United National Party of Sri Lanka. His parents were Sir Claude Corea who was renowned politician and diplomat and Lady Karmini Corea. Sir Claude was Minister of Labour in the State Council of Ceylon led by DS Senanayake, and was appointed the first ever Representative of Ceylon to the UK (before Independence) and was also Ceylon's first Ambassador in the United States.^[1] Harindra Corea was the brother of Nihal Corea and Chandra Corea. The family home was situated in Alfred House Gardens in Colombo.

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Harindra Corea

Minister of State for Ports and Telecommunication
In office 18 February 1989 – 16 August 1994
President	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Ranasinghe Premadasa
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 2000–2001
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Deputy Minister of Public Administration
In office 1980–1989
President	J. R. Jayewardene
Prime Minister	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Member of Parliament for Chilaw
In office 1977–1988
Preceded by	S. D. R. Jayaratne
Succeeded by	Constituency Abolished

Personal details
Born	(1936-03-04)4 March 1936 Colombo, British Ceylon
Died	21 October 2005(2005-10-21) (aged 69) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United National Party
Other political affiliations	People's Alliance
Spouse	Rochelle Corea
Children	Sheonie, Harindrini
Parent(s)	Claude Corea Lylie Corea
Alma mater	S. Thomas College, Preparatory School, Bandarawela, St Paul's School, London, University College, Oxford
Occupation	politician
Profession	Lawyer