Indika Gunawardena

{{Short description|Sri Lankan politician (1943–2015)}}

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| honorific-prefix = Hon.

| name = Indika Gunawardena

| native_name = {{lang|si|ඉන්දික ගුණවර්ධන}}

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| birth_date =8 February 1943

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|09|14|1943|02|08|df=y}}

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| office = Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Research

| term_start = 1994

| term_end = 2000

| predecessor = Joseph Michael Perera

| successor = Mahinda Rajapaksa

| office2 = Minister of Higher Education and Information Technology Development

| term_start2 = 2000

| term_end2 = 2001

| predecessor2 = Richard Pathirana

| successor2 = Sarath Amunugama

| constituency_MP3 = Colombo

| parliament3 = Sri Lanka

| term_start3 = 1994

| term_end3 = 2001

| nationality = Sri Lankan

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| occupation = Politics

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| spouse = Dr. Padmini Gunawardana

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| children = Diyath, Yasith

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| alma_mater =Royal College, Colombo

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Indika Gunawardena ({{langx|si|ඉන්දික ගුණවර්ධන}}; 8 February 1943 – 14 September 2015) was a Sri Lankan politician.

Indika Gunawardena was born on 8 February 1943, the son of Philip Gunawardena and Kusumasiri née Amarasinghe. His brothers included Prasanna Gunawardena, a former mayor of Colombo, Lakmali Gunawardena, state award winner of literature, Dinesh Gunawardena, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2024, and Gitanjana Gunawardena, a former minister. Gunawardena was educated at the Royal College, Colombo.

He was first elected to parliament at the 1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the Colombo electorate. He was appointed as the Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Research in 1994, as part of the Wijetunga cabinet, the Minister of Higher Education and Information Technology Development in October 2000, and the Minister of Posts and Telecommunication in September 2001, as part of the Kumaratunga cabinet.