Gamini Atukorale
{{Short description|Sri Lankan politician (1951–2002)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Gamini Atukorale
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| order = Minister of Transport, Highways, and Civil Aviation
| constituency_MP = Nivithigala
| nationality = Sri Lankan
| parliament = Sri Lanka
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|04|02|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|01|01|1951|04|02|df=y}}
| death_place = Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
| profession = Lawyer
| occupation = Politician
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| spouse = Harindrani Atukorale
nee Dissanayake{{cite web |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/01/02/new14.html |title=Online edition of Daily News - News |publisher=Dailynews.lk |date=2002-01-02 |access-date=2012-09-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040923050507/http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/01/02/new14.html |archive-date=2004-09-23 }}
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Gamini Atukorale (2 April 1951 – 1 January 2002) was a former Transport, Highways and Civil Aviation Minister in Sri Lanka and former General Secretary and Deputy Leader of United National Party.{{cite web|url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200010/20001025UNP_general_secretary_given_bail.htm |title=Current Affairs |publisher=Priu.gov.lk |date=2004-08-31 |access-date=2012-09-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.island.lk/2001/04/15/news06.html |title=news06 |publisher=Island.lk |access-date=2012-09-18}}
Former member of parliament Thalatha Atukorale is the sister of Gamini Atukorale.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20090906/politics.HTM |title=The Sunday Leader |publisher=Thesundayleader.lk |access-date=2012-09-18}}
Death
Atukorale died as a result of a cardiac arrest on 1 January 2002 at his residence in Ratnapura.{{cite web|url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200201/20020101gamini_athukorala.htm |title=Current Affairs |publisher=Priu.gov.lk |date=2002-01-01 |access-date=2012-09-18}}{{cite web |url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2002/01/06/fea50.html |title=Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business |publisher=Sundayobserver.lk |date=2002-01-06 |access-date=2012-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506031335/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2002/01/06/fea50.html |archive-date=2013-05-06 |url-status=live }}
In 2005, UPFA Presidential candidate's election coordinator, former Minister Mangala Samaraweera termed Atukorale's death suspicious and proposed a "Special Commission" to probe it.{{cite web|url=http://www.island.lk/2005/11/04/news6.html |title=The Island News |publisher=Island.lk |access-date=2012-09-18}}
See also
References
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Category:Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka
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Category:Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Category:Members of the 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka
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