Sri Lankan politician (1954–2024)
Kidagalegama Hethuhamige Nandasena (Sinhala : කේ.එචි. නන්දසේන , Tamil : கே.எச். நந்தசேனா ; 20 September 1954 – 4 April 2024) was a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial minister and Member of Parliament .[ 1]
Nandasena was born on 20 September 1954.[ 1] He was a member of Padaviya Divisional Council and the North Central Provincial Council , where he held a provincial ministerial portfolio.[ 2] He was dismissed from his ministerial position in May 2017 after attending a May Day rally hosted by the Joint Opposition .[ 3] [ 4] He contested in the 2020 parliamentary election as a candidate of the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance for the Anuradhapura District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Nandasena died from an unspecified, sudden illness on 4 April 2024, at the age of 69. Prior to his death, he had been receiving medical treatment at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital.[ 8]
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^ a b "Directory of Members: H. Nandasena" . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka . Retrieved 2 September 2020 .
^ "Meet your new parliamentarians" . The Sunday Times . Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020 .
^ Pothmulla, Lahiru; Bandara, Athula; Ambogama, Dayarathna (10 May 2017). "NCP minister Nandasena removed" . The Daily Mirror . Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020 .
^ de Silva, Sajni (10 May 2017). " 'I don't know why I was dismissed': K.H. Nandasena" . Daily News . Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020 .
^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF) . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 8A. Retrieved 9 August 2020 .
^ a b "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Anuradhapura District" . Ceylon Today . Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020 .
^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament" . Sunday Observer . Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020 .
^ "Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Member of Parliament Nandasena passes away" . Dinamina (in Sinhala). Retrieved 4 April 2024 .
^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 1999: North Central Province" (PDF) . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Election Commission of Sri Lanka . p. 36.
^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF) . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections . p. 184. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Provincial Councils Elections Act, No. 2 of 1988" (PDF) . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . No. 1564/17. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 29 August 2008. p. 1A. Retrieved 25 January 2011 .
^ "Preferential votes" . Daily News . Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2020 .