A. Ekanayake Gunasinha, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

A. Ekanayake Gunasinha

Sri Lankan politician

Date of Birth: 01-May-1891

Place of Birth: Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka

Date of Death: 01-Aug-1967

Profession: politician, diplomat, trade unionist

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Alexander Ekanayake Gunasinha (1 May 1891 – 1 August 1967) was a pioneering trade union leader known as the "Father of the Labour Movement" in Sri Lanka.
He was the founder of the Ceylon Labour Party, Sri Lanka's first labour organisation and former Mayor of Colombo.
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Gunasinha also served as the Minister without portfolio, Minister of State and Chief Government Whip in the First Parliament of Sri Lanka (House of Representatives of Ceylon).
He was an alumnus of Dharmaraja College, Kandy and St.
Joseph's College, Colombo.