death_date children religion nationality party profession birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name occupation
19 october 1968 tissa , nissanka , manel , cuda buddhist ceylonese united national party lawyer 8 january 1889 minister the senate of ceylon ceylonese high commissioner to britain and of india home affairs and rural development member of 1948 lady leela wijeyeratne -lrb- née pethiyagoda -rrb- sir_edwin_wijeyeratne . jpg edwin wijeyeratne
 1951 sir edwin wijeyeratne politics and diplomat
edwin wijeyeratne

sir edwin aloysius perera wijeyeratne , kbe -lrb- sinhala : ශ ර මත එඩ ව න ඇල ස යස ප ර ර ව ජයරත න ; 8 january 1889 -- 19 october 1968 -rrb- -lrb- known as `` edwin wijeyeratne '' -rrb- was a sri lankan politician , diplomat , and one of the founding members of united national party .
he was a senator and cabinet minister of home affairs and rural development in the government of d.s.senanayake .
