Anura Bandaranaike

Hon. Anura Bandaranaike
අනුර බණ්ඩාරනායක அனுரா பண்டாரநாயக்க
16th Speaker of the Parliament
In office 18 October 2000 – 10 October 2001
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Preceded by	Kiri Banda Ratnayake
Succeeded by	Joseph Michael Perera
8th Leader of the Opposition
In office 8 November 1983 – 20 December 1988
President	J. R. Jayewardene
Prime Minister	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Preceded by	A. Amirthalingam
Succeeded by	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office August 2005 – 23 November 2005
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded by	Lakshman Kadirgamar
Succeeded by	Mangala Samaraweera
Member of Parliament for Gampaha Electoral District
In office 1989–2008
Majority	198,444 Preferential Votes
Member of Parliament for Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya
In office 21 July 1977 – 15 February 1989
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	15 February 1949 Tintagel, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Died	16 March 2008(2008-03-16) (aged 59) Visumpaya, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Political party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political affiliations	United National Party
Alma mater	University of London, Royal College Colombo
Occupation	Politician

Anura Priyadarshi Solomon Dias Bandaranaike (15 February 1949 – 16 March 2008) was a Sri Lankan politician, served as Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2000-2001) and Leader of the Opposition (1983–1988). He held several cabinet ministries as Foreign Minister briefly in 2005, Minister of Higher Education (1993–1994), Minister of Tourism (April 2004 – January 2007), Minister of National Heritage (2007) and he last served as a member of parliament from the opposition.