Lionel Jayatilleke

Lionel Jayatilleke
Member of Parliament
for Kuliyapitiya
In office
1977–1988
Personal details
Born1924 (1924)
Died1988 (aged 63–64)
PartyUnited National Party
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Lionel Jayatilleke (July 24, 1924 – September 1988) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was elected for Kuliyapitiya in the 8th parliamentary election in 1977. He was assassinated, allegedly by the extremist Sinhalese group the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (People's Liberation Front) for his party's support of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord.