Srimani Athulathmudali

Srimani Anoma Athulathmudali MP (née de Seram; 27 April 1946 – 1 December 2004) (Sinhala: ශ්‍රීමණි අනෝමා අතුලමුදලි) was a Sri Lankan politician and a former government minister who held the position of minister of Environment, Transport and Women's Affairs under the Wijetunga cabinet appointed by the former Sri Lankan president, D.B. Wijetunga.[1][2] She died of cancer in 2004.[3]

Hon.
Srimani Athulathmudali
Member of Parliament
for Colombo District
In office
19 August 1994 – 18 August 2000
Majority148,727 Preferential Votes
Minister of Environment and Women Affairs
In office
25 August 1994 – 12 November 1994
PresidentD.B. Wijetunga
Personal details
Born(1946-04-27)April 27, 1946
Colombo, Sri Lanka
DiedDecember 1, 2004(2004-12-01) (aged 58)
Colombo
Political partyDemocratic United National Front
Other political
affiliations		People's Alliance
SpouseLalith Athulathmudali (1982–1993)
Children1
OccupationPolitician

Political career

Srimani Athulathmudali entered into politics after Lalith Athulathmudali was assassinated in the runup to provincial council elections in 1993.[4] Srimani launched a new political party, Democratic United National Lalith Front which divided from the Democratic United National Front (DUNF) following the assassination of her husband, Lalith Athulathmudali on the 23rd of April, 1993 during an election campaign rally.[5] She contested for the Colombo District at the August 1994 parliamentary elections and was appointed as the minister of Environment and Women's Affairs. She served as the Member of Parliament of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka from 25 August 1994 to 18 August 2000. She retired from politics in 2000 after losing the elections to Chandrika Kumaratunga.[6]

Personal life

She married politician Lalith Athulathmudali in 1982.[7] They had a daughter. Lalith met Srimani in 1978 when Srimani was attached to UNCTAD as a part of the United Nations in Switzerland.[8][9] Lalith Athulathmudali founded a political party called, Democratic United National Front after exiting from the United National Party.[10]

She established the Lalith Athulathmudali Foundation in 1993, a few months after the death of her husband.

Death

Srimanee Athulathmudali died of cancer on 1 December 2004. She was 58 years old.[11]

References
  1. Wickrematunge, Raisa (28 February 2010). "For Better Or For Worse…". The Sunday Leader.
  2. "Hon. (Mrs.) Athulathmudali, Srimani Anoma, M.P". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018.
  3. "Srimani Athulathmudali dies". TamilNet. 1 December 2004.
  4. Ltd., Information Laboratories (Pvt.). "The Sunday Times Plus Section". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  5. "Appreciations". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  6. "inner.gif". www.island.lk. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  7. "Trailblazer of recent times". Daily News. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  8. "Obituary: Lalith Athulathmudali". The Independent. 1993-04-27. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  9. "Search for what is right but not for who is right – Lalith Athulathmudali". Sunday Observer. 2017-04-29. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  10. "The Sunday Leader Online". www.thesundayleader.lk. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  11. "Online edition of Daily News – News". archives.dailynews.lk. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
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