Vikramabahu Karunaratne
| Vikramabahu Karunaratne | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 8, 1943 Lunugala, Badulla District, Uva Province, British Ceylon |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Left Front |
| Other political affiliations |
Nava Sama Samaja Party |
| Relations | Mudiyanse Karunarathne (father) Vimala Kothalawale (mother) |
| Alma mater |
Ananda College University of Ceylon University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Academic |
Vikramabahu Karunaratne(Sinhala: ආචාර්ය වික්රමභාහු කරුණාරත්න) (also spelt Wickramabahu Karunaratne, Wickremabahu Karunarathna) is a Sri Lankan politician and he contested for the Sri Lankan presidential election.
Karunarathne was born on 8 March 1943 in Lunugala in present day south-east Sri Lanka. Both his parents were teachers. He received his primary education at Ananda Shasthralaya, Mathugama before going onto Ananda College, Colombo for his secondary education. Thereafter he went to the University of Ceylon from where he graduated with a first class hounours in electrical engineering. He received a Commonwealth scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge from which he received a doctorate in 1970. He returned to Ceylon and started an academic career.
Karunaratne became politically active very early in his life, joining the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) in 1962 whilst an undergraduate at the University of Ceylon. He was elected to the LSSP's Central Committee in 1972 but fell out with the party's leadership over their support for the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and its 1972 Republican Constitution. He was expelled from the LSSP.
In 1977 Karunaratne joined with other former members of the LSSP, including Vasudeva Nanayakkara, to form the Nava Sama Samaja Party (New Social Equality Party).
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