A. Ekanayake Gunasinha
Politician
1891 – 1967
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Who was A. Ekanayake Gunasinha?
Alexander Ekanayake Gunasinha was a pioneering trade union leader known as the "Father of the Labour Movement" in Sri Lanka. He was the founder of the Ceylon Labor Party, Sri Lanka's first labor organization and former Mayor of Colombo. A. E. Gunasinha also served as the Minister without portfolio, Minister of State and Chief Government Whip in the First Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was an alumnus of Dharmaraja College, Kandy and St. Joseph's College, Colombo.
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- Born
- May 1, 1891
Kandy - Religion
- Buddhism
- Nationality
- Sri Lanka
- Profession
- Education
- St. Joseph's College, Colombo
- Dharmaraja College, Kandy
- Died
- Aug 1, 1967
Colombo
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on July 23, 2013
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