Indradasa Hettiarachchi MP | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Kalutara, Sri Lanka | 13 October 1927
Political party | United National Party |
Alma mater |
Ananda College Colombo Nalanda College Colombo |
Occupation | Politics |
Profession | Planter |
Deshabandu Indradasa Hettiarachchi (born 13 October 1927) was a Sri Lankan politician and the former Minister of Industries. [1]
Hettiarachchi was born 13 October 1927 in Kalutara, the son of a tea, rubber and coconut planter, to a family with five sisters and two brothers. The family moved to Horana, where he attended Ananda and Nalanda Colleges, before completing his studies at Pembroke (a defunct ‘ finishing school’). He contested and won a seat on the Horana Village Council and a year later, following the resignation of the sitting chairman, Hettiarchchi was appointed to the position, which he held for the next eighteen years. [2]
He was elected as a Member of Parliament, representing Horana at the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977. [3]
In 2005 he was conferred with the title of Deshabandu by the President. [4]
Indradasa Hettiarachchi MP | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Kalutara, Sri Lanka | 13 October 1927
Political party | United National Party |
Alma mater |
Ananda College Colombo Nalanda College Colombo |
Occupation | Politics |
Profession | Planter |
Deshabandu Indradasa Hettiarachchi (born 13 October 1927) was a Sri Lankan politician and the former Minister of Industries. [1]
Hettiarachchi was born 13 October 1927 in Kalutara, the son of a tea, rubber and coconut planter, to a family with five sisters and two brothers. The family moved to Horana, where he attended Ananda and Nalanda Colleges, before completing his studies at Pembroke (a defunct ‘ finishing school’). He contested and won a seat on the Horana Village Council and a year later, following the resignation of the sitting chairman, Hettiarchchi was appointed to the position, which he held for the next eighteen years. [2]
He was elected as a Member of Parliament, representing Horana at the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977. [3]
In 2005 he was conferred with the title of Deshabandu by the President. [4]