Monty Gopallawa, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Monty Gopallawa

Sri Lankan politician

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1941

Date of Death: 26-Sep-2005

Profession: politician

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Monty Gopallawa

  • Moithra Cuda Banda Gopallawa (16 January 1941 – 26 September 2005) (known as Monty Gopallawa) was a Sri Lankan politician.
  • Monty was the son of William Gopallawa who served as Governor-General of Ceylon and President of Sri Lanka.
  • Monty was a member of Sri Lanka's parliament.
  • He served as deputy minister of labour from 1994 to 1997, deputy minister of public works from 1997 to 2000, and as cabinet minister of cultural affairs from 2000 to 2001.
  • He lost the 2001 General Election.
  • In 2002 he became the governor of Central Province, Sri Lanka and served in that position until his death.
  • He died at a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital, during treatment for an illness.

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