Mahendra Ratwatte

Mahendra Ratwatte
Basnayake Nilame of Sri Maha Vishnu Devalaya of Kandy &
Dedi Munda Devalaya of Aluthnuwara
Incumbent
Assumed office
2015
Preceded byMohan Panabokke
Mayor of Kandy
In office
2011–2015
Preceded bySarath Pushpakumara
Succeeded bySena Dissanayake
Personal details
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations		United People's Freedom Alliance
RelationsHarris Leuke Ratwatte
(grandfather)
ChildrenDinuk
Parent(s)Anuruddha Ratwatte
(father)
Carman Rangala Ratwatte
(mother)
Alma materTrinity College, Kandy

Thushantha Mahendra Ratwatte is a Sri Lankan politician and former Mayor of Kandy.[1] Currently, he serves as the Basnayake Nilame of Sri Maha Vishnu Devalaya of Kandy & Dedi Munda Devalaya of Aluthnuwara. He is the son of former Sri Lankan Deputy Defense Minister Anuruddha Ratwatte.

Early life

Ratwatte was born in Kandy as the second son of General Anuruddha Ratwatte & Carman Rangala Ratwatte. Ratwatte's father was an acting Diyawadana Nilame and former Cabinet Minister. His grandfather Harris Leuke Ratwatte was former Diyawadana Nilame of Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy.[2][3][4] He has two brothers, former state minister Lohan Ratwatte and businessman Chanuka Ratwatte. He was educated at Trinity College, Kandy.

Politics

Ratwatte entered active politics from Sri Lanka Freedom Party in 2011 and was elected to the Kandy Municipal Council. He served as the Mayor of Kandy, from 2011 to 2015.

His son Dinuk Ratwatte is also a politician.

See also

References

  1. ^ Mahendra Ratwatte resigns as Mayor of Kandy. Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  2. ^ ශ්‍රී ල.නි.ප.ය තරගකර දිනූ මුල්ම ආසනය
  3. ^ Anuruddha Ratwatte's political biography (ISBN 978-955-20-9966-3) by Godage International Publishers, Maradana Road, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.
  4. ^ Sri Lanka’s former Deputy Minister of Defense General Anuruddha Ratwatte has passed away Archived 2011-11-25 at the Wayback Machine


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