Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi

Weerasinghe Mallimaratchi
Former Cabinet Minister of Food and Co-operative and Janasaviya-Poverty Alleviation ) He is the world's first cabinet minister of Poverty Alleviation )
Member of Parliament
for Colombo District Kolonnawa
In office
25 August 1977 – 24 October 1994
Preceded byT. B. Ilangaratne
Succeeded byBennet Cooray
Majority5300 votes
Personal details
Born6 November 1929
Kandy Central province
Died24 October 1994(1994-10-24) (aged 64)
Thotalanga, Grandpass,
Sri Lanka
Manner of deathAssassination
PartyUnited National Party
SpousePrema Mallimaratchi
Children3
Alma materAnanda College & Dharmaraja College,Kandy
ProfessionPolitician/Underworld godgodfather
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-suffix". Replace with "honorific_suffix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-prefix". Replace with "honorific_prefix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "otherparty". Replace with "other_party".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "nationality". It should be removed.

Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (6 November 1929 - 24 October 1994) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as mayor, congressman, and cabinet minister. He was in the United National Party government from 1990 until his assassination.