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The Senanayake family is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in enterprise and politics. Along with many members who have been successful politician across generations, the family includes two Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka.
With notable family members such as the country’s first Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. D. S. Senanayake, his brother F.R Senanayake, who fought hard for peaceful independence and his son, Dudley Senanayake who would uphold his father’s legacy and continue to be elected as Prime Minister four times.
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About Us. The Senanayakes of Bothale are one of the oldest Buddhist families of Sri Lanka, trace our roots back to the reign of King Gotabhayha (AD 253-266). Contact Us. Address:103/14, Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. Phone:+94 11 2445 281.
Feb 1, 2018 · Coming from the Senanayake family, the fourth generation young politician Vasantha Senanyake has become the new face of an old family in this arena. Sri Lanka’s first Prime Minister and the father of Independence Don Stephen Senanyake (DS) was his great- grandfather and Rukman Senanayake, his uncle.
He married Molly Dunuwille, the daughter of a prominent old Kandyan family and had two sons; Dudley, who would go on to be the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka four times, and Robert Parakrama, who is the grandfather of Vasantha Senanayake.
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Stephen Senanayake had two elder brothers, Don Charles "D. C." Senanayake and Fredrick Richard "F. R." Senanayake; and one sister, Maria Frances Senanayake who married F. H. Dias Bandaranaike. [3] Brought up in a devout Buddhist family, he entered the prestigious Anglican school S. Thomas' College, Mutwal .
Oct 24, 2021 · 24 October, 2021. The Senanayake family can be described as such an unforgettable political generation in Sri Lanka’s politics. In particular, the first Prime Minister of independent Ceylon, D.S. Senanayake was a member of this generation and was succeeded by his son Dudley Senanayake as Prime Minister.
