Background
DAHANAYAKE, Wijeyananda was born on October 22, 1902 in Galle. Son of Dionysius Sepala Panditha Dahanayake and Caroline Gunasekera.
DAHANAYAKE, Wijeyananda was born on October 22, 1902 in Galle. Son of Dionysius Sepala Panditha Dahanayake and Caroline Gunasekera.
Wijeyananda Dahanayaka was educated at a well known educational institution in Southern Sri Lanka, Richmond College in Galle.
He was the from 1959 to 1960. He served as cabinet minister of education in the Bandaranaike Administration, from 1956 to 1959. He took office as prime minister, cabinet minister of defence external affairs and education when Prime Minister South. West. R. Doctorate. Bandaranaike was assassinated in September 1959.
He led the caretaker government for a year.
His most notable action was the repeal of the Acting which suspended capital punishment. Dahanayaka contested the March 1960 General Election in Ceylon under the nomination of his newly formed Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya (Ceylon Democratic Party).
He could not be re-elected as an Member of Parliament, as he had lost his Galle constituency in that election. He had also served as a cabinet minister of home affairs in Dudley Senanayake"s government from 1965 to 1970 and cabinet minister of cooperatives in Junius Richard Jayawardene"s government from 1986 to 1988.
Dahanayaka died on 4 May 1997 at the age of 95 in Galle, Sri Lanka.
Dahanayaka was a member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party before joining the administration of South. West. R. Doctorate. Bandaranaike, prime minister and leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
Galle Municipal Council 1935-1959, Mayor of Galle 1939, 1940 and 1941. National State.