Honourable G. M. Premachandra MP |
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Former Cabinet Minister of Labour and Vocational Training | |
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Kurunegala District |
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In office 25 August 1994 – 24 October 1994 |
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Personal details | |
Died | 24 October 1994 Thotalanga, Grandpass, Sri Lanka. |
(aged 54)
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | United National Party |
Religion | Buddhism |
G. M. Premachandra (24 August 1940 – 24 October 1994) was the Cabinet Minister of Labour and Vocational Training of United National Party government from 1990-94. He was re-elected from the Parliamentary election of 1994. He was assassinated by a female suicide bomber of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) while attending an election rally in support of Gamini Dissanayake, for the Presidential election of 1994. He was an alumnus of Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala.