Stanley Tillekeratne

The Honourable Stanley Tillekeratne MP
10th Speaker of the Parliament
In office 7 June 1970 – 18 May 1977
Prime Minister	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Preceded by	Shirley Corea
Succeeded by	Anandatissa de Alwis
4th Governor of Central Province
In office May 1998 – 2000
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Preceded by	E. L. Senanayake
Succeeded by	Tudor Dassanayake
Personal details
Born	1928
Died	2005 (aged 76–77)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Occupation	Politician

Stanley Tillekeratne was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament and later was the Governor of the Central Province of Sri Lanka from May 1998 to 2000.

Stanley Tillekeratne had a long liaison with the country's Left movement from 1947 before joining the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in 1965. He contested and won Kotte on the Communist Party ticket at the July 1960 elections and retained the seat in 1965 for the SLFP. He was reelected in 1970 and was made speaker of parliament, in which role he won the admiration even of his opponents for the impartial manner in which he conducted the affairs of the House. Along with many of the SLFP stalwarts he too suffered defeat at the 1977 poll, but he succeeded in remaining in the public eye as a champion human rights lawyer, especially during the turbulent period of 1989-90. He figured in several groundbreaking cases. At the 1989 elections he was returned to parliament from Colombo district and remained as an MP until his exit in 1994. He was governor of Central province in 1998-2000.

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