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The Wijewardene family
Current regionColombo
Place of originSedawatte
MembersDon Richard Wijewardena,
Junius Richard Jayewardene,
Ranil Wickremesinghe,
Ruwan Wijewardene,
Upali Wijewardene,
Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene,
Esmond Wickremesinghe,
Vimala Wijewardene
TraditionsTheravada Buddhism
Estate(s)Rickman House, Colombo,
Arcadia, Diyatalawa,
Adisham Hall

The Wijewardene family[1] is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in enterprise and politics. Along with many members who have been successful politician across generations, the family includes two Chief Justices, two Prime Ministers and two Presidents of Sri Lanka.

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Jayewardene family to the wealthy Wijewardene and Attygalle families. Through the latter the Jayewardenes were connected by marriage to the Senanayake family and...

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Ray Wijewardene

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Deshamanya Philip Revatha Wijewardene, better known as Ray Wijewardene, (Sinhala:පිලිප් රෙවත විජයවර්ධන) (20 August 1924 - 18 August 2010) was a Sri Lankan...

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Ruwan Wijewardene

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Dinendra Ruwan Wijewardene (Sinhala:දිනෙන්ද්‍ර රුවන් විජෙවර්ධන) (born 4 August 1975) is a Sri Lankan politician and currently the Senior advisor to president...

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Vimala Wijewardene

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Vimala Wijewardene (Vimala; née Silva; 7 August 1908 – 27 January 1994) was a Ceylonese politician and the country's first female cabinet minister. Following...

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Piyavi Wijewardene

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Piyavi Wijewardene (Upul Piyavi Wijewardene) (born 7 November 1982) is a Sri Lankan researcher, lecturer, coacher and author. He is the Vice President...

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Ranil Wickremesinghe

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Ruwan Wijewardene was the State Minister of Defence, Wasantha Senanayake was the State Minister of Foreign Affairs and his aunt Amari Wijewardene was the...

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Don Charles Wijewardene (1893-19??) + Vimala Wijewardene, Member of Parliament, Minister of Health Padmini Wijewardene Rukmani Wijewardene + C Beligammana...

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Adisham Hall

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Charles Wijewardene and his daughter Rukmini Wijewardene, owners of Sedawatte Estates, in 1950. While studying at LSE, London, Rukmini Wijewardene, in order...

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Member of Parliament for Hambantota District (1989-) + Chandra Malini Wijewardene 1.4.2.1. Shashindra Rajapaksa, Chief Minister of Uva Province (2009-2015)...

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Clarence Wijewardena

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August 1943, in Haputale, Sri Lanka, to an estate medical practitioner. His family moved to Batugedara, Ratnapura, and Clarence abandoned a budding career...

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tycoon Upali Wijewardene disappeared over the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia). The wreckage has never been found, nor any trace of Wijewardene, his top executives...

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by revenue annually. Amari Wijewardene is the company's chairperson and a member of the Wijewardene family. Wijewardene's appointment as the Sri Lankan...

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Mapitigama Buddharakkitha

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relationship with Vimala Wijewardene MP, Minister of Health and the only woman member of the Bandaranaike's Cabinet in 1959. Wimala Wijewardene was the sister-in-law...

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Shan Wickremesinghe

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Wijewardene, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Wasantha Senanayake and his aunt Sri Lanka High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Amari Wijewardene are...

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Esmond Wickremesinghe

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Wickremesinghe following his marriage, began assisting is father-in-law, D. R. Wijewardene who formed the prominent newspaper group, The Lake House which is the...

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List of serial killers by number of victims

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Nepotism

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Jayewardene. Also a defense state minister of his government Ruwan Wijewardene is also a cousin of Ranil Wickremesinghe. Also Ruwan is the great grandson...

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Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene

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Don Philip Wijewardena daughter of Muhandiram Tudugalage Don Philip Wijewardene and sister of D. R. Wijewardena. They had nine children, most notable...

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Don Spater Senanayake

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Senanayake and Ruwan Wijewardene (great great grandsons) who are active in current Sri Lankan politics. List of political families in Sri Lanka D.S. Senanayake...

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Sepala Attygalle

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anaesthesiologist, who was married to Kalyani Wijewardene, daughter of Don Walter T Wijewardene and sister of Upali Wijewardene. During his military career Attygalle...

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