D. M. Dassanayake

Politician

1953 – 2008

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Who was D. M. Dassanayake?

Dassanayake Mudiyanselage Dassanayake was a Sri Lankan politician from the Puttalam District. He was serving as a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and non-cabinet Minister of Nation Building when he was assassinated in a roadside bomb attack on January 8, 2008 in Ja-Ela, twelve miles north of Colombo. The attack, which was blamed on the militant Tamil Tigers organization, killed three people and injured ten others. .

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Born
Apr 29, 1953
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Died
Jan 8, 2008
Colombo

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on July 23, 2013

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