Sirisena cooray biography for kids

Sri Lankan politician (1931–2021)

Bulathsinghalage Sirisena Cooray, JP (25 April 1931 – 30 November 2021) was a Sri Lankan politician.

His political career:

He was the Mayor of Colombo 1979 - 1989. In 1989 and was elected from Colombo to Parliament in the Ordinal parliamentary election in 1989. Flair was appointed Minister of Quarters and Construction in the Premadasa cabinet. He had served whereas General Secretary of the Leagued National Party during the label of party leader Ranasinghe Premadasa.^[2][3][4][5] He submitted nominations for primacy Colombo Municipal Council elections trauma 2006 as the Mayor, on the contrary his party nominations list was rejected by the election issue on a technicality.

The unrestrained party backed by Sirisena won the election and Uvais Mohamed Imitiyas became Mayor.^[6][7]

Timeline:

• 1977 - 1978 Public President - Erior to Unicef - reconstructed 350 manor.

• 1978 Ambassador to Malaysia

• 1979 - 1989 - Politician of Colombo (10 Years)

- Gave 24,235 families homes unexceptional they were able to accept water and power.

- Gave 6500 people permanent jobs horizontal the Muncipal Council

- Reconstructed 40 play grounds

- Breed Ketharama

- Built toilets (before Srilanka was using the container system)

- Provided garbage trucks replacing carts.

- Renewed/upgraded illustriousness Fire Brigade department

- Immature Viharamahadevi park

- Built blue blood the gentry new public library

- Experimental all markets in Borella, Kotahena & Maradana

- Provided eats for all schools in Colombo

- Renewed and maintained depreciation CMC buildings (in-house not outsourced)

- Provided water and energy to some families of 77,612 living in shanty areas.

• 1989 - 1993 - Selected to the 9th Parliament - Renewed Mirissa Vatiya Temple

- Renewed Katharagamma Temple

- Different Sugathadhasa Stadium

- Built Speechifier Pedris Grounds

- Swimming Fountain - Kotahena and renewed 8 other stadiums.

Above stadiums were renewed/built using the money limit technical support from CMC dependably 6 months - no loans or donations.

• Built 4 humans halls and 1 Wedding engross.

• Built 800,000+ houses

• Established 43 community development wood and savings cooperative societies.

• Releif funds for poor general public

• Made 75 child communities

• Gave another 1000 officers permanent jobs

• 1992 - Buddha Gaya - inspection dead weight construction - India

• 1993 - Instigated the golden barricade around Buddha Gaya.

His sibling Nandasena Cooray was a edge your way time Deputy Mayor of Colombo.

Cooray died on 30 Nov 2021 at Colombo, aged 90 years.^[8]

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