Ratnasiri Rajapakse
Ratnasiri Rajapakse (c.1946 - 12 September 2003) was a Sri Lanka politician, and the former Mayor of Colombo, between 1991 and 1996. He was a member of the Western Provincial Council, a member of the United National Party Executive Committee and the General Secretary of the Sri Sucharitha movement, founded by President Ranasinghe Premadasa. In May 1994 he was removed from the office of mayor on corruption charges and was replaced by the deputy mayor, Kanagasabai Ganeshalingam. His subsequent petition to the Court of Appeal was rejected and he followed this with an appeal to the Supreme Court, which ruled in 1997 that his removal was invalid, the order however came a month after the Colombo Municipal Council was dissolved. He died on 12 September 2003, at the age of 57, following a heart attack. References 1946 births 2003 deaths Mayors of Colombo United National Party politicians