12 Facts About Rosy Senanayake

Bernadine Rose Senanayake, JP, UM, better known as Rosy Senanayake, is a Sri Lankan politician, beauty pageant titleholder and activist currently serving as Presidential Advisor on Local Government affairs.

Rosy Senanayake was the Mayor of Colombo from 2018 to 2023, and former Prime Minister's Spokesperson and the Deputy Head of the Prime Minister's Office for Ranil Wickramasinghe.

Rosy Senanayake has been an activist on several issues and an active figure in the opposition gaining much limelight.

Rosy Senanayake was the former state minister for child development under President Maithripala Sirisena.

Rosy Senanayake was the leader of the opposition in Western Provincial Council and the chief organizer of United National Party for the Colombo West electorate.

Rosy Senanayake was educated at Embilipitiya Maha Vidayala and Ferguson High School, Ratnapura.

Rosy Senanayake is a former Miss Asia Pacific International 1981 and competed as Miss Sri Lanka in Miss World 1980.

Rosy Senanayake has worked with the private sector to provide reproductive health services to employees of private companies in Sri Lanka and recently starred in a film about reproductive health.

Rosy Senanayake was appointed as Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia in 2002, which she held until 2004.

Rosy Senanayake was elected to the Western Provincial Council in 2009, topping the preferential votes list in Colombo District by obtaining 80,884 votes.

Witnesses appearing before Presidential Commission of Inquiry stated that Rosy Senanayake had leaked some secret information of the Committee on Public Enterprises in Parliament to the Perpetual Treasuries Limited.

Rosy Senanayake rejected the allegations stating that she was not a Member of Parliament at the time.