Vincent Perera

Hon.
Vincent Perera
10th Chief Government Whip
In office
18 February 1989 – 7 April 1993
PresidentJ. R. Jayewardene
Ranasinghe Premadasa
Succeeded byWimal Wickremasinghe
In office
23 July 1987 – 15 February 1989
PresidentJ. R. Jayewardene
In office
7 September 1978 – 6 July 1987
PresidentJ. R. Jayewardene
Preceded byKiri Banda Ratnayake
12th Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka)
In office
1989–1990
PresidentRanasinghe Premadasa
Preceded byNissanka Wijeyeratne
Succeeded byAbdul Cader Shahul Hameed
Minister of Environment (Sri Lanka)
In office
?–?
PresidentRanasinghe Premadasa
2nd Minister of Sports (Sri Lanka)
In office
23 July 1977 – 1988
PresidentJ. R. Jayewardene
Preceded byKiri Banda Ratnayake
Succeeded byNanda Mathew
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office
23 July 1977 – ?
PresidentJ. R. Jayewardene
Mayor of Colombo
In office
1970–1973
Preceded byJabir A. Cader
Succeeded byA. H. M. Fowzie
In office
1965–1966
Preceded byV. A. Sugathadasa
Succeeded byJabir A. Cader
Member of Parliament
for Colombo
In office
1989–1994
Member of Parliament
for Colombo North
In office
1977–1989
Preceded byV. A. Sugathadasa
Succeeded byElectoral District Abolished
Personal details
Born(1918-09-21)21 September 1918
Died7 April 1993(1993-04-07) (aged 74)
Political partyUnited National Party
OccupationClerk

Mathew Vincent Perera (21 September 1918 – 7 April 1993) was a Sri Lankan statesman. He served in multiple cabinet positions and government posts. Perera was also Mayor of Colombo twice.[1][2]

Perera was among the sixteen people wounded in the August 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament. Two people, including a parliamentarian, died in that attack.[3]

  1. ^ Wagista, Kumaradasa. "Century of caring for Colombo". Sunday Times. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  2. ^ Mudliyar. "Threat to Criminal Justice from hasty legislation". Sunday Times. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Sinhalese Terrorists Blamed for Sri Lanka Parliament Attack". Los Angeles Times. 19 August 1987. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

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