Monty Gopallawa

Monty Gopallawa ( (born 16 January 1941 - September 26, 2005) was a Sri Lankan politician.^[1]

Monty was the son of William Gopallawa who served as Governor-General of Ceylon and President of Sri Lanka. Monty was a member of Sri Lanka's parliament. He served as deputy minister of labour from 1994 to 1997, deputy minister of public works from 1997 to 2000, and as cabinet minister of cultural affairs from 2000 to 2001. He lost the 2001 General Election. In 2002 he became the governor of Central Province, Sri Lanka and served in that position until his death. He died at a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital, during treatment for an illness.

See also

• List of political families in Sri Lanka
• The Gopallawa Ancestry

Reference

1. ^ Role model for politicians. Daily News, Retrieved on 22nd September 2010.

External links

• Methek Kathawa Divaina

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Name	Gopallawa, Monty
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Date of birth	1942
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Date of death	September 26, 2005
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