Srimani Athulathmudali

Srimani Anoma Athulathmudali also known as Srimanee Anoma Athulathmudali (Srimanee Athulathmudali) born as Srimani de Seram MP (27 April 1946 – 1 December 2004) () was a Sri Lankan woman politician and a former government minister who held the position of minister of Environment, Transport and Women's Affairs under the Wijetunga cabinet appointed by the former Sri Lankan president, D.B. Wijetunga. She died on 1 December 2004 due to cancer.

Political career 
Srimani Athulathmudali entered into politics after Lalith Athulathmudali was assassinated in the runup to provincial council elections in 1993. Srimani launched a new political party, Democratic United National Lalith Front which divided from the Democratic United National Front (DUNF) following the assassination of her husband, Lalith Athulathmudali on the 23rd of April, 1993 during an election campaign rally. She contested for the Colombo District at the August 1994 parliamentary elections and was appointed as the minister of Environment and Women's Affairs. She served as the Member of Parliament of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka from 25 August 1994 to 18 August 2000. She retired from politics in 2000 after losing the elections to Chandrika Kumaratunga.

Personal life 
She married former Sri Lankan politician, Lalith Athulathmudali in 1982. The couple had 1 child. Lalith met Srimani in 1978 when Srimani was attached to UNCTAD as a part of the United Nations in Switzerland before falling in love within each other. Lalith Athulathmudali founded a political party called, Democratic United National Front after exiting from the United National Party.

She established the Lalith Athulathmudali Foundation in 1993, a few months after the death of her husband.

Death 
Srimanee Athulathmudali died on 1 December 2004 at the age of 58 at a private hospital in Colombo after a brief illness which was later revealed as the death resulted due to cancer.

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Category:1946 births
Category:2004 deaths
Category:Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Category:20th-century women politicians
Category:Women government ministers of Sri Lanka
Category:Transport ministers of Sri Lanka
Category:Environment ministers of Sri Lanka
Category:Sri Lankan women in politics
Category:Sinhalese politicians
Category:Deaths from cancer in Sri Lanka