Sirimathipaya Mansion

Sirimathipaya Mansiona
General information
Address Sir Ernest de Silva Mawatha
Town or city Colombo
Country Sri Lanka
Owner Government of Sri Lanka

Sirimathipaya Mansion houses the Prime Minister's Office. It is located on Sir Ernest de Silva Mawatha (formerly Flower Road), Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

History

The mansion was the home of Sir Ernest de Silva who was one of the richest people in the country, during which the house was equipped then with horse stables and tennis courts.[1] In 1978 Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa moved his office into the mansion, which previously had been used to house the Ministry of Education.[2]

Terrorist attack

The LTTE carried out a suicide bombing at the Prime Minister's Office, on 5 January 2000, in an attempted assassination, in which a female suicide bomber detonated a bomb outside the building, killing thirteen civilians and three police officers attached to the PMSD.

See also

References

  1. ↑ He owned much but gave away even more
  2. ↑ Men and memories - Dudley Senanayake

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