Cholomondeley Goonewardene
Cholomondeley de Fonseka Goonewardene
Popularly as Cholomondeley Goonewardene
Born on 16 September 1917
Died on 25 November 2006 was a prominent Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament, and Cabinet Minister.
Born in Kalutara to a local Muhandiram family, Goonewardene was educated at Holy Cross College, Kalutara and S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia. He later qualified as an advocate and started his legal practice in Unofficial Bar in Kalutara in 1946. He was one of the early members of the Marxist Lanka Sama Samaja Party – the first political party in Sri Lanka- and founded its Kalutara Branch in 1937 and in 1940 he was elected to the Kalutara Urban Council.
Popularly as Cholomondeley Goonewardene
Born on 16 September 1917
Died on 25 November 2006 was a prominent Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament, and Cabinet Minister.
Born in Kalutara to a local Muhandiram family, Goonewardene was educated at Holy Cross College, Kalutara and S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia. He later qualified as an advocate and started his legal practice in Unofficial Bar in Kalutara in 1946. He was one of the early members of the Marxist Lanka Sama Samaja Party – the first political party in Sri Lanka- and founded its Kalutara Branch in 1937 and in 1940 he was elected to the Kalutara Urban Council.