G. M. Premachandra
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G. M. Premachandra | |
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Former Cabinet Minister of Labour and Vocational Training | |
Member of Parliament for Kurunegala District | |
In office 25 August 1994 – 24 October 1994 | |
Personal details | |
Died | 24 October 1994 Thotalanga, Grandpass, Sri Lanka. | (aged 54)
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | United National Party |
Gamini M. Premachandra (24 August 1940 – 24 October 1994) was the Cabinet Minister of Labour and Vocational Training of United National Party government from 1990-94.[1] He was re-elected from the Parliamentary election of 1994. He was assassinated by a female suicide bomber of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) while attending an election rally in support of Gamini Dissanayake, for the Presidential election of 1994.[2] He was an alumnus of Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala.
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