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The Wijewardene family
Current region
Colombo
Place of origin
Sedawatte
Members
Don Richard Wijewardena, Junius Richard Jayewardene, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Ruwan Wijewardene, Upali Wijewardene, Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, Esmond Wickremesinghe, Vimala Wijewardene
Traditions
Theravada 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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Upali Wijewardene (17 February 1938–13 February 1983: Sinhala: උපාලි විජේවර්ධන) was a Sri Lankan business magnate and entrepreneur. In 1983, Wijewardene had...
+ Ranjith Wijewardene (of the Wijewardenefamily) Ruwan Wijewardene (1975- ), Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament Irushi Wijewardene (1972-) + Shastha...
Jayewardene family to the wealthy Wijewardene and Attygalle families. Through the latter the Jayewardenes were connected by marriage to the Senanayake family and...
Deshamanya Philip Revatha Wijewardene, better known as Ray Wijewardene, (Sinhala:පිලිප් රෙවත විජයවර්ධන) (20 August 1924 - 18 August 2010) was a Sri Lankan...
Dinendra Ruwan Wijewardene (Sinhala:දිනෙන්ද්ර රුවන් විජෙවර්ධන) (born 4 August 1975) is a Sri Lankan politician and currently the Senior advisor to president...
Vimala Wijewardene (Vimala; née Silva; 7 August 1908 – 27 January 1994) was a Ceylonese politician and the country's first female cabinet minister. Following...
Piyavi Wijewardene (Upul Piyavi Wijewardene) (born 7 November 1982) is a Sri Lankan researcher, lecturer, coacher and author. He is the Vice President...
Ruwan Wijewardene was the State Minister of Defence, Wasantha Senanayake was the State Minister of Foreign Affairs and his aunt Amari Wijewardene was the...
Don Charles Wijewardene (1893-19??) + Vimala Wijewardene, Member of Parliament, Minister of Health Padmini Wijewardene Rukmani Wijewardene + C Beligammana...
Charles Wijewardene and his daughter Rukmini Wijewardene, owners of Sedawatte Estates, in 1950. While studying at LSE, London, Rukmini Wijewardene, in order...
Member of Parliament for Hambantota District (1989-) + Chandra Malini Wijewardene 1.4.2.1. Shashindra Rajapaksa, Chief Minister of Uva Province (2009-2015)...
August 1943, in Haputale, Sri Lanka, to an estate medical practitioner. His family moved to Batugedara, Ratnapura, and Clarence abandoned a budding career...
Bandara". Dinamina. Retrieved 2021-04-11. "Baptist is my grandfather: Chris Wijewardene". Colombo Journal. Retrieved 11 February 2020. "The future is not in...
tycoon Upali Wijewardene disappeared over the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia). The wreckage has never been found, nor any trace of Wijewardene, his top executives...
by revenue annually. Amari Wijewardene is the company's chairperson and a member of the Wijewardenefamily. Wijewardene's appointment as the Sri Lankan...
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...
Wijewardene, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Wasantha Senanayake and his aunt Sri Lanka High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Amari Wijewardene are...
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...
Jayewardene. Also a defense state minister of his government Ruwan Wijewardene is also a cousin of Ranil Wickremesinghe. Also Ruwan is the great grandson...
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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anaesthesiologist, who was married to Kalyani Wijewardene, daughter of Don Walter T Wijewardene and sister of Upali Wijewardene. During his military career Attygalle...