death_date children constituency_mp nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater profession term_start order spouse name otherparty occupation predecessor parliament party successor religion article_title
22 december 1970 jayantha dambadeniya kelaniya sri lankan november 4 , 1911 21 july 1977 19 march 1960 royal college colombo , downing college , cambridge barrister 14 october 1947 10 april 1956 minister of trade & commerce erin senanayake '' nee '' subasinghe richard gotabhaya senanayake sri lanka freedom party politics j. r. jayewardene ceylon ceylon united national party ukkubanda wijekoon j. r. jayewardene buddhist richard gotabhaya senanayake

richard gotabhaya senanayake

richard gotabhaya senanayake -lrb- november 4 , 1911 - december 22 , 1970 -rrb- -lrb- popularly known as `` r.g. senanayake '' -rrb- was a sri lankan politician .
he was cabinet minister of trade and commerce during the period 1952-56 and 1956-60 .
he was elected a member of parliament from dambadeniya in 1952 and in 1956 from kelaniya , thus holding concurrent seats from two constituencies , while he retained his seat from dambadeniya in 1960 and 1965 .
he was the eldest son of the freedom fighter fredrick richard senanayake and was educated at the royal college , colombo and at downing college , cambridge and had become a barrister .
in 2013 , gregory 's road in colombo was renamed `` r g senanayake mawatha '' in his memory .
