C.V. Gunaratne

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Clement Victor Gunaratne was Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Industries Development. Minister Gunaratne and his wife along with 20 others[1] were killed by a suicide bomber of the LTTE terrorist organization on June 7, 2000[2][3][4][5][6].

He was education at Royal College, Colombo where was captain of the rugby team. He entered to politics as a member of the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council in which he was Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka Freedom Party). He was chosen as a Central Committee Member of the SLFP in early 1970s. C.V. Gunaratne entered to the parliament at the parliamentary general election held in 1989. He was survived by two sons and a daughter.

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  1. ^ CHRONOLOGY-Attacks blamed on Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers
  2. ^ Sri Lankan Minister Killed in Suicide Bomb Attack,english.peopledaily.com.cn
  3. ^ Protecting Parliamentarians A Dire Necessity
  4. ^ http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP332571.htm
  5. ^ Failed Attempt: Suicide Attack or Peace Process?
  6. ^ The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, ROBERT A. PAPE The University of Chicago, American Political Science Review Vol. 97, No. 3 August 2003, Page No 16

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