Clement Victor Gunaratne () was Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Industries Development. He and his wife along with 20 others were killed by a suicide bomber of the LTTE organization on 7 June 2000.Protecting Parliamentarians A Dire NecessityReuters AlertNet - CHRONOLOGY-Attacks blamed on Sri Lanka's Tamil TigersFailed Attempt: Suicide Attack or Peace Process?The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, ROBERT A. PAPE The University of Chicago, American Political Science Review Vol. 97, No. 3 August 2003, Page No 16
He was educated at the Royal College, Colombo where was captain of the rugby team. His father was Major L. V. Gooneratne, ED, CCC the first Mayor of Dehiwala - Mt LaviniaMonument in honour of old Royalists who have made the supreme sacrifice He entered politics as a member of the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council in which he was Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka Freedom Party). He was chosen as a Central Committee Member of the SLFP in early 1970s and was elected to parliament in the parliamentary general election held in 1989.
See also Notable assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War List of attacks attributed to the LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War
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