Q:R. A. Gunawardana was the 31st Surveyor General of Sri Lanka. He was appointed in 1971 succeeding C. Vanniasingam and held the office until 1973. He was succeeded by A. M. Cumaraswamy. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Office Holder