14 Facts About Tudor Gunasekara

Ranasinghe Hettiarachchige Tudor Edward Ranasinghe Gunasekara, commonly known as Tudor Gunasekara, was a Sri Lankan politician and diplomat.

Tudor Gunasekara was born on 23 January 1935 to a well known family in Heiyantuduwa, Biyagama in Sri Lanka.

Tudor Gunasekara received his early education at Ananda College, Colombo.

William Tudor Gunasekara was a wealthy landed proprietor and owned fourteen elephants.

Tudor Gunasekara has two brothers, Donald and Henry, as well as three elder sisters, Adeline, Chandra and Chithra.

Tudor Gunasekara entered active politics in Sri Lanka during the late 1960s as the United National Party Chief Organiser for the Mahara electorate.

Tudor Gunasekara contested in 1977 and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka for Mahara electorate.

Tudor Gunasekara was appointed UNP Chief Organiser for the Gampaha and Attanagalla electorates.

In early 1983, Tudor Gunasekara resigned from his seat in parliament and his position as District Minister for Gampaha.

In 2000, during the government of President Chandrika Kumaratunga, Tudor Gunasekara was appointed as the first Sri Lankan Ambassador to Poland.

Tudor Gunasekara was a member of several Sri Lankan Parliamentary Delegations to India, Indonesia, Japan and the United Kingdom to strengthen and promote the country's regional and international relations.

Tudor Gunasekara married Chandra Perera, daughter of Albert and Karuna Perera, in 1962.

Tudor Gunasekara died on 29 August 2021 at the age of 86.

Tudor Gunasekara had undergone treatment at a private hospital in Colombo after testing positive for COVID-19.