Srimani Athulathmudali

Hon.
Srimani Athulathmudali
Minister of Environment
Member of Parliament
for Colombo District
Assumed office
19 August 1994
President D.B. Wijetunga
Minister of Women's Affairs
Assumed office
25 August 1994
Personal details
Born (1946-04-27)April 27, 1946
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Died December 1, 2004(2004-12-01) (aged 58)
Colombo
Nationality Sri Lankan
Political party Democratic United National Front
Spouse(s) Lalith Athulathmudali
Children 1
Occupation Politician

Srimani Anoma Athulathmudali also known as Srimanee Anoma Athulathmudali (Srimanee Athulathmudali) born as Srimani de Seram MP (27 April 1946 – 1 December 2004) (Sinhalese: ශ්‍රීමණි අනෝමා අතුලමුදලි) was a Sri Lankan woman politician and a former government minister who held the position of minister of Environment, Transport and Women's Affairs under the Wijetunga cabinet appointed by the former Sri Lankan president, D.B. Wijetunga.[1][2] She died on 1 December 2004 due to cancer.[3]

Political career

Srimani Athulathmudali entered into politics after Lalith Athulathmudali was assassinated in the runup to provincial council elections in 1993.[4] Srimani launched a new political party, Democratic United National Lalith Front which divided from the Democratic United National Front (DUNF) following the assassination of her husband, Lalith Athulathmudali on the 23rd of April, 1993 during an election campaign rally.[5] She contested for the Colombo District at the August 1994 parliamentary elections and was appointed as the minister of Environment and Women's Affairs. She served as the Member of Parliament of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka from 25 August 1994 to 18 August 2000. She retired from politics in 2000 after losing the elections to Chandrika Kumaratunga.[6]

Personal life

She married former Sri Lankan politician, Lalith Athulathmudali in 1982.[7] The couple had 1 child. Lalith eventually met Srimani de Seram in 1978 when Srimani was attached to UNCTAD as a part of the United Nations in Switzerland before falling in love within themselves.[8][9] Lalith Athulathmudali founded a political party called, Democratic United National Front after exiting from the United National Party.[10]

She established the Lalith Athulathmudali Foundation in 1993, a few months after the death of her husband, Lalith Athulathmudali.

Death

Srimanee Athulathmudali died on 1 December 2004 at the age of 58 at a private hospital in Colombo after a brief illness which was later revealed as the death resulted due to cancer.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Wickrematunge, Raisa (28 February 2010). "For Better Or For Worse…". The Sunday Leader.
  2. ↑ http://www.parliament.lk/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/2873
  3. ↑ "Srimani Athulathmudali dies". TamilNet. 1 December 2004.
  4. ↑ Ltd., Information Laboratories (Pvt.). "The Sunday Times Plus Section". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  5. ↑ "Appreciations". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  6. ↑ "inner.gif". www.island.lk. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  7. ↑ "Trailblazer of recent times". Daily News. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  8. ↑ "Obituary: Lalith Athulathmudali". The Independent. 1993-04-27. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  9. ↑ "Search for what is right but not for who is right - Lalith Athulathmudali". Sunday Observer. 2017-04-29. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  10. ↑ "The Sunday Leader Online". www.thesundayleader.lk. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  11. ↑ "Online edition of Daily News - News". archives.dailynews.lk. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
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