the UNP candidate at the same time he was the Leader of the Opposition in parliament. This was cut short when he was assassinated by a female suicide bomber of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) while he was addressing an election meeting at Thotalanga. Government of India deputed Salim Ali IPS of CBI and Professor T D Dogra of All India Institute of Medical Sciences to assist the investigations of Gamini Dissanayake's assassination. His wife Srima Dissanayake ran in his stead, but was defeated by People's Alliance candidate and Prime Minister Chandrika Kumaratunga. Family Gamini Dissanayake married Srima Lenaduwa in 1968. They had two sons, who are active in politics, Navin and Mayantha. His eldest son Navin was the Cabinet Minister of State Management Reforms in President Mahinda Rajapakse's Government and Member of Parliament for Nuwara Eliya District; he was non-cabinet Minister of Investment Promotion too. Mayantha contested for the 2010 General Election for Kandy District as a UNP candidate. Further reading See also List of political families in Sri Lanka References External links Gamini Dissanayake Upahara (One Hour Rare Video) A distinguished person and a noble son of Sri Lanka A Visionary Leader A Charismatic and Caring Leader Reflections on 67th Birth Anniversary Gamini Dissanayake: Servant of Lanka QUALITIES OF Gamini Dissanayake Gamini: The renaissance man Gamini Dissanayake, a political colossus The Miracle-Maker; The Robert Kennedy Of Sri Lanka 1942 births 1994 deaths 20th-century Sri Lankan lawyers Alumni of Sri Lanka Law College Alumni of Wolfson College, Cambridge Alumni of Trinity College, Kandy President's Counsels (Sri Lanka) Assassinated Sri Lankan politicians Leaders of the Opposition (Sri Lanka) Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka People killed during the Sri Lankan Civil War Politicians from Kandy Power ministers of Sri Lanka Provincial councillors of Sri Lanka Ceylonese advocates Sinhalese lawyers Sinhalese politicians Sri Lankan Buddhists Sri Lankan cricket administrators Suicide bombings in Sri Lanka Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka in 1994 United National Party politicians