Sirisena Cooray

Sri Lankan politician (1931–2021)

Hon. Sirisena Cooray JP

Minister of Housing and Construction
In office 1989–1994
Preceded by	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Succeeded by	Nimal Siripala de Silva
Member of Parliament for Colombo
In office 1989–1994
Mayor of Colombo
In office 1979–1989
Preceded by	A. H. M. Fowzie
Succeeded by	M. Hussain Mohamad

Personal details
Born	25 April 1931 Colombo, Ceylon
Died	30 November 2021 (aged 90)^[1] Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United National Party

Bulathsinghalage Sirisena Cooray, JP (25 April 1931 – 30 November 2021) was a Sri Lankan politician.

Biography

He was the Mayor of Colombo from 1979 to 1989 and was elected from Colombo to Parliament in the 9th parliamentary election in 1989. He was appointed Minister of Housing and Construction in the Premadasa cabinet. He had served as General Secretary of the United National Party during the tenure of party leader Ranasinghe Premadasa.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] He submitted nominations for the Colombo Municipal Council elections in 2006 as the Mayor, however his party nominations list was rejected by the election commission on a technicality. The independent party backed by Sirisena won the election and Uvais Mohamed Imitiyas became Mayor.^[6]^[7]

His brother Nandasena Cooray was a one time Deputy Mayor of Colombo and was married to the sister of the former JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe. Cooray died on 30 November 2021 at Colombo, aged 90 years.^[8]

References

^ "Former Minister Sirisena Cooray passed away". Colombo Gazette. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ "1989 Parliamentary Elections Results" (PDF). Official Website, Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "The legacy of President Premadasa". C. A. Wijeyeweere. Sri Lanka Guardian. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "Sirisena Cooray's incarceration and the then Supreme Court". The Island. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "Past Mayors of Colombo". Colombo Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^ Kumara, Sarath. "Local election results in Sri Lanka reflect widespread fears of war". Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "New Colombo Mayor sworn in". BBC. bbc.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "Cooray denies helping JVP leader". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

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Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (1989 (1989)–1994 (1994)) →

Speaker: M. H. Mohamed
Prime Minister: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga/Ranil Wickremesinghe
Leader of the Opposition: Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Central Province

Kandy	Mahinda Abeykoon Tissa Attanayake A. R. M. Abdul Cader Chandraman de Silva Harindra Dunuwille Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed D. M. Jayaratne Lakshman Kiriella Mahahitana Arachchige Daniel Yasaratne Tennakoon Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Premachandra Wijesiri
Matale	Alick Aluwihare Nandimithra Ekanayake Wijeratne Banda Jambugahapitiyagedera V. G. Jinadasa P. B. Kaviratne
Nuwara Eliya	Tissa Abeyagoonasekera Ananda Dassanayake S. B. Dissanayake Gamini Dissanayake Renuka Herath Wijesundara Bandara Ranatunga

Eastern Province

Ampara	M. H. M. Ashraff Nihal Bakmeewewa Ahangama Polwatte Galappatthige Chandradasa P. Dayaratna Karunasinghe Thewarapperuma J. Thiviyanathan
Batticaloa	Prince Casinader Alathipody Gunaseelan M. L. A. M. Hizbullah G. Karunakaran Sam Tambimuttu
Trincomalee	M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana M. E. H. Maharoof Konamalai Mathavarajah Sivapragasam Ratnarajah

Northern Province

Jaffna	Sebastiyampillai Edward Thambu Loganathapillai K. Navaratnam Eliyathamby Pararasasingam Suresh Premachandran Arunasalam Ponniah Selliah Kanapathy Selvanayagam S. Sivamaharajah Joseph George Rajenthiram Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy G. Yogasangari
Vanni	Innasimuthu Alfred S. S. M. Abu Bakar R. Kuhaneswaran Rasamanohari Pulendran A. E. Silva

North Central Province

Anuradhapura	Janak Mahendra Adhikari Sompala Adhikari D. M. Ariyadasa Chandrasoma Bandara Berty Premalal Dissanayake Lal Dharmapriya Gamage Themiya Hurulle K. B. Ratnayake
Polonnaruwa	Seid Ahamed Abdul Majeed Nelson Paththinige Samarasinghe Arachchilage Muthubanda Maithripala Sirisena C. A. Suriyaarachchi

North Western Province

Kurunegala	Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Bandaranayaka Upali Mervin Senarath Dasanayaka Herath Mudiyanselage Ariyawardanage Lokubanda S. B. Nawinne Upali Piyasoma A.M. Munidasa Premachandra G. M. Premachandra Lionel Rajapaksa Jayasena Rajakaruna Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Ariya Rekawa Herath Banda Wanninayaka Sarathchandra Bandara Welagedara Diunugallage Peter Wickramasinghe Ukkubanda Wijekoon
Puttalam	Harindra Jayanthi Corea Sujatha Dharmawardana Milroy Fernando Harold Herath S. D. R. Jayaratne Festus Perera Ashoka Wadigamangawa

Sabaragamuwa Province

Kegalle	Jagath Balasuriya Mohamed Farook Dharmadewa Jayasinghe Samantha Devi Karunaratne Vincent Perera Chandradasa Ranatunga Dharmasiri Senanayake Athauda Seneviratne Mano Wijeyeratne
Ratnapura	M. L. M. Aboosally Athula Kularatne Attygale Gamini Atukorale Nanda Ellawala Chandrasekara Gankande Helen Mahattaya Liyanage Nanda Mathew Vasudeva Nanayakkara John Seneviratne Wimal Wickramasinghe

Southern Province

Galle	Upali Sarath Danston Amarasiri Nandimithra de Soyza Amarasiri Dodangoda Piyasena Gamage Vincent Jayawardene Noel Kariyawasam Rupa Karunathilake Nanda Kumarage Buddhika Kurukularatne Hemakumara Nanayakkara Richard Pathirana
Hambantota	Hary Abeydheera Ranjit Atapattu Ananda Kularatne Cyril Madduma Baduge Chamal Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Gunapala Tissakuttiarachchi
Matara	Gamini Fonseka Madurapala Ediriweera H. R. Piyasiri Mangala Samaraweera Peter Silva Hewagampolage Sirisena Dayananda Wickremasinghe Ranjan Wijayawardhana Mahinda Wijesekara

Uva Province

Badulla	Chandra Karunaratne W. J. M. Lokubandara Hema Ratnayake Ravindra Samaraweera Lakshman Senewiratne Madduma Bandara Sethapenage Edwin Wickramarathne Samaraweera Weerawanni
Monaragala	Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Ariyaratna Dharmadasa Banda Ranjith Madduma Bandara Gunavathi Dissanayake Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa

Western Province

Colombo	Lalith Athulathmudali Jabir Cader Sirisena Cooray Nimal Siripala de Silva Tyronne Fernando C. V. Gunaratne Premaratne Gunasekera Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Gamini Lokuge Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi M. H. Mohamed Jinadasa Niyathapala Nimal Ransiri Peiris Dickson Sarathchandra Dela Vincent Perera Sunethra Ranasinghe M. S. Sellasamy Stanley Tillekeratne Kingsley Wickramaratne
Gampaha	John Amaratunga Anura Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike Donald Dissanayake Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Mahen Gunasekera Lakshman Jayakody Ariyarathna Jayathilaka Wijayapala Mendis Joseph Michael Perera Paul Perera Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Reggie Ranatunga Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya Ranil Wickremesinghe Mahindra Wijerathna
Kalutara	Pathirage Don Abeyratne Sumitha Priyanganie Abeyweera Mervin Joseph Cooray Neville Fernando Indradasa Hettiarachchi Thilak Karunaratne Imthiaz Bakeer Markar Anil Moonesinghe Mangala Moonesinghe Sarath Ranawaka Punsiri Samaranayake