P. Kumarasiri
The basics
Quick facts
Gender:
Male
Birth:
12 December 1919
Death:
2004
The details
Biography
Premalal Kumarasiri (12 December 1919 - 2004) was a Sri Lankan politician and member of parliament.
Premalal Kumarasiri was born 12 December 1919 in Gonapinuwala, a village in the south of Sri Lanka. He attended the local village school and then Ananda College in Colombo. After graduating he took up full time work for the Communist Party of Ceylon.
In 1947 he was elected to the first parliament of Ceylon, representing the Hakmana electorate, as the Communist Party's candidate. At only twenty-eight years old he was the youngest sitting member of the parliament.