Sirisena Cooray

Bulathsinghalage Sirisena Cooray, JP is a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Mayor of Colombo from 1979 to 1989 and was elected from Colombo to Parliament in the 9th parliamentary election in 1989 and was appointed Minister of Housing and Construction in the Premadasa cabinet. He had served as General Secretary of the United National Party during the tenure of party leader Ranasinghe Premadasa[1][2][3][4] He submitted nominations for the Colombo Municipal Council elections in 2006 as the Mayor, however his party nominations list was rejected by the election commission on a technicality. The independent party backed by Sirisena won the election and Uvais Mohamed Imitiyas became Mayor.[5][6]

Hon. Sirisena Cooray JP
Minister of Housing and Construction
In office 1989–1994
Preceded by	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Succeeded by	Nimal Siripala de Silva
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Colombo
In office 1989–1994
Mayor of Colombo
In office 1979–1989
Preceded by	A. H. M. Fowzie
Succeeded by	M. Hussain Mohamad
Personal details
Nationality	Sri Lanka
Political party	United National Party

His brother Nandasena Cooray was a onetime Deputy Mayor of Colombo and was married to the sister of the former JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe.[7]

References

1. "1989 Parliamentary Elections Results" (PDF). Official Website, Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
2. "The legacy of President Premadasa". C. A. Wijeyeweere. Sri Lanka Guardian. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
3. "Sirisena Cooray's incarceration and the then Supreme Court". The Island. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
4. "Past Mayors of Colombo". Colombo Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
5. Kumara, Sarath. "Local election results in Sri Lanka reflect widespread fears of war". Retrieved 12 October 2020.
6. "New Colombo Mayor sworn in". BBC. bbc.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
7. "Cooray denies helping JVP leader". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.