Tikiri Banda Subasinghe

The Honourable Tikiri Banda Subasinghe MP

Minister of Industries & Scientific Affairs
In office May 1970 – 1 March 1977
Prime Minister	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Succeeded by	Cyril Mathew
2nd Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Soviet Union
In office 1961–1965
Prime Minister	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Preceded by	Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
Succeeded by	B. F. Perera
6th Speakers of the Parliament
In office 30 March 1960 – 23 April 1960
Prime Minister	Dudley Senanayake
Preceded by	Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail
Succeeded by	R. S. Pelpola
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of External Affairs and Defence
In office 1956–1959
Prime Minister	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Bingiriya
In office 1947 – July 1960
Succeeded by	Leelananda Weerasinghe
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Katugampola
In office 1965–1977
Preceded by	Leelananda Weerasinghe
Succeeded by	Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Personal details
Born	14 August 1913 British Ceylon
Died	1995
Political party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1965-1977)
Other political affiliations	Lanka Sama Samaja Party (-1955) Independent Socialist Party (1955-1959) United National Party (1959) Independent (1960-1965)
Spouse(s)	Lolita Subasinghe
Alma mater	Ananda College

Subasinghe Mudiyanselage Tikiri Banda Subasinghe (14 August 1913 - 1995) was a Sri Lankan statesman. He was the 7th Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Soviet Union^[1]^[2] He also served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of External Affairs and Defence and Minister of Industries & Scientific Affairs.^[3]

Subasinghe, a founding member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), entered parliament contesting the Bingiriya seat at the 1947 Parliamentary general elections. With the 1956 general elections he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of External Affairs and Defence in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet.^[1]^[3] In 1960 he was unanimously elected Speaker of Parliament following the general elections in the short lived UNP led coalition government.

Subasinghe was a prominent figure in the Suriya-Mal Movement which became the springboard for the Marxist and anti-imperialist movements in the country. He had two brothers (Vincent and Tudor Subasinghe) and two sisters.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "T.B. Subasinghe commemoration". Dailynews.lk. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
↑ Rupasinghe, Winston. "Revisiting our Russian friends". Sundayobserver.lk. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
1 2 "SUBASINGHE, Tikiri Banda (1913-1995), research papers on". AIM25. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

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Political offices
Preceded by Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail	Speaker of the Parliament 1960	Succeeded by R. S. Pelpola
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera	Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Soviet Union 1961–1965	Succeeded by B. F. Perera

Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

Molamure Obeysekera Duraiswamy Molamure Peries Ismail Subasinghe Pelpola Fernando Peries Corea Tillekeratne de Alwis Markar Senanayake Mohamed Ratnayake Bandaranaike Perera Lokubandara Rajapaksa Jayasuriya

← Members of the 4th Parliament of Ceylon (1960 (1960)) →

Speaker: Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Prime Minister: Dudley Senanayake Leader of the Opposition: C. P. de Silva

Central Province (23)	S. S. Abeysundera Bernard Aluwihare K. M. K. Banda M. D. Banda R. R. D. Bandaranayake T. William Fernando Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed T. B. M. Herath T. B. Ilangaratne T. B. Jayasundera D. H. Jayawickrema U. P. Y. Jinadasa Tissa Kapukotuwa C. A. S. Marikkar Chandrasena Munaweera R. S. Pelpola Donald J. Ranaweera E. L. Senanayake R. W. Tennekoon T. B. Tennekoon P. B. Aloysius Weerakoon J. D. Weerasekera N. Wimalasena

Eastern Province (11)	T. Ahambaram M. S. Kariapper M. A. Abdul Majeed M. I. M. Abdul Majeed P. Manicavasagam Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar M. E. H. Mohamed Ali C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam S. M. Rasamanickam Wijayabahu Wijayasinha

Northern Province (13)	V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam M. Balasundaram S. J. V. Chelvanayakam V. Dharmalingam Alfred Duraiappah V. A. Kandiah E. M. V. Naganathan V. N. Navaratnam M. Sivasithamparam T. Sivasithamparam A. Sivasunderam K. Thurairatnam

North Central Province (8)	A. H. de Silva C. P. de Silva Sirimewan Godage E. L. B. Hurulle S. B. Lenawa R. B. Ratnamalala Maithripala Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon

North Western Province (16)	M. A. Adikari E. M. R. B. Ekanayake Hugh Fernando I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla L. B. Jayasena M. H. Naina Marikkar M. S. B. T. B. D. B. Monnekulame W. J. C. Munasinghe Albert Peries A. U. Romanis Stephen Samarakkody A. H. Senanayake Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon R. B. Tennekoon

Sabaragamuwa Province (16)	P. B. Bandaranayake D. F. Hettiarachchi P. B. G. Kalugalla Wimala Kannangara Asoka Karunaratne V. T. G. Karunaratne W. A. Karunasena A. E. B. Kiriella Cyril Mathew N. M. Perera Abeyratne Pilapitiya Clifford Ratwatte Dudley Senanayake H. G. Somabandu H. Weragama Soma Wickremanayake

Southern Province (19)	W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri D. P. Atapattu Neal de Alwis Lakshman de Silva William de Silva M. P. de Zoysa C. A. Dharmapala Prins Gunasekera Montague Jayawickrama P. L. Jinadasa Don Roy Rajapaksa George Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa R. G. Samaranayake Senapala Samarasekera Percy Wickremasinghe S. A. Wickramasinghe Justin C. Wijayawardhene

Uva Province (10)	W. P. G. Ariyadasa K. Y. M Wijeratne Banda B. H. Bandara J. G. Gunasekera R. M. Gunasekera M. S. A. Peiris K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne C. P. J. Seneviratne W. G. M. Albert Silva

Western Province (35)	Felix Dias Bandaranaike S. D. Bandaranayake Somaweera Chandrasiri M. Ruskin Fernando T. Quintin Fernando Bibile Fonseka Cholmondeley Goonewardena Leslie Goonewardena D. B. R. Gunawardena Philip Gunawardena Percy Jayakodi A. E. Jayasinghe D. Shelton Jayasinghe S. de S. Jayasinghe Gamini Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel D. C. W. Kannangara Pieter Keuneman R. B. Lenora Abdul Bakeer Markar Wijayapala Mendis Anil Moonesinghe A. J. Niyathapala James Peter Obeyesekere III Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual K. E. Perera Paris Perera Ranasinghe Premadasa Edmund Samarawickrema M. P. de Z. Siriwardena Bernard Soysa V. A. Sugathadasa S. K. K. Suriarachchi Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Appointed (6)	*This list is unfinished.

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