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Keerthilatha Premawathie Abeywickrama was a Sri Lankan politician and a Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[1] Abeywickrama was the daughter of Padikara Muhandiram Don Pedris Francis Abeywickrama and Catharina Liyanage from Morawaka, Sri Lanka. She joined the United National Party and was appointed as a Member of Parliament for the Deniyaya Electoral District on 11 September 1987 after her brother Keerthisena was killed in the 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament.[2][3][4] She was the cousin of Sumanadasa Abeywickrama Deputy Minister of Agriculture Development & Research and Member of Parliament for Akmeemana.[citation needed]
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[edit]- ^ "Hon. Abeywickrema, Keerthilatha Premawathie, M.P." Directory of Past Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Ratnapala, Neetha S. (11 March 2003). "The track record on representation". The Daily News. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Ferguson's Sri Lanka Directory 1997-1999. Colombo: The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. 2001. p. 44.
- ^ Women, Political Empowerment, and Decision-making. Centre for Women's Research. 1995. p. 151. ISBN 9789559052289.
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