Background
Tudor Gunasekara was born on 23 January 1935 to a well known family in Heiyantuduwa, Biyagama in Sri Lanka. Tudor Gunasekara was the second son of William Gunasekara (also known as "Heiyantuduwa Ralahami") and Eugine Seneviratne.
Tudor Gunasekara was born on 23 January 1935 to a well known family in Heiyantuduwa, Biyagama in Sri Lanka. Tudor Gunasekara was the second son of William Gunasekara (also known as "Heiyantuduwa Ralahami") and Eugine Seneviratne.
Ananda College.
Later, he served as the first Sri Lanka Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria, Rumania and Hungary. He had his early education at Ananda College, Colombo. William Gunasekara was a wealthy landed proprietor and owned fourteen elephants.
Tudor Gunasekara has two brothers, Donald and Henry, as well as three elder sisters, Adeline, Chandra and Chithra.
Gunasekara entered active politics in Sri Lanka during the late 1960s as the United National Party Chief Organizer for the Mahara Electorate. In the 1970 General Elections, he contested from the United National Party but was defeated.
In 1978, he was appointed as District Minister to Gampaha in President JR Jayawardene"s government. He was subsequently appointed as United National Party Chief Organizer for the Gampaha and Attanagalla Electorates too.
Consequently, Tudor Gunasekara is known to have held the position of chief organizer for the United National Party in three electorates at the same time.
In President Chandrika Kumaratunga"s government, Tudor Gunasekara was appointed as the first Sri Lanka Ambassador to Poland. Consequently, he also served as the Head of the Sri Lankan Mission to Bulgaria, Rumania and Hungary. During this time, Gunasekara played an important role in promoting Ceylon tea, tourism and strengthening Sri Lanka"s diplomatic relations with Eastern European countries.
He was former Member of Parliament, District Minister for Gampaha in President JR Jayawardene"s United National Party government. Gunasekara once again contested in the 1977 General Elections and was elected as Member of Parliament for Mahara Electorate. Tudor Gunasekara has been a member of several Sri Lanka Parliamentary Delegations to India, Indonesia, Japan and United Kingdom to strengthen and promote the country"s regional and international relations.