What is Senarath Attanayake?
[[File:Senarath Attanayake.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Attanayake in June 2014]] '''Attanayake Mudiyanselage Kithsiri Senarath Bandara Attanayake''' (5 August 1966 &ndash; 28 August 2017) known as ''Senarath Attanayake'' was a Sri Lankan politician and lawyer. He was born in [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]. Attanayake was a recipient of the 2016 [[Henry Viscardi Achievement Award]]. He is currently a member of the [[Uva Provincial Council]], Sri Lanka and was the [[Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock, Land and Forestry]] of the [[Uva Provincial Council]] from 2000–2005 as well as the acting [[Chief Minister]] for a brief period during this tenure. Attanayake was a known [[disable]]d rights activist because he was paralyzed due to [[ALS]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nation.lk/2006/07/16/events2.htm |title=Disabled lawyer sues Qatar Airways |work=The Nation |publisher=Nation.lk |date=16 July 2006 |access-date=7 May 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117161911/http://www.nation.lk/2006/07/16/events2.htm |archive-date=17 January 2010 }}</ref> Attanayake died on 28 August 2017 at a private hospital of [[ALS]]-relate complications in Colombo at the age 51.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Senarath-Attanayake-passes-away-135561.html?fbrefresh=1550246897|title=Senarath Attanayake passes away|website=www.dailymirror.lk}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *http://www.viscardicenter.org/recipients-of-the-2016-henry-viscardi-achievement-awards-announced/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202234806/http://www.viscardicenter.org/recipients-of-the-2016-henry-viscardi-achievement-awards-announced/ |date=2016-12-02 }} *http://www.ft.lk/?s=senarath+attanayake *http://www.backtoearth.lk *http://www.smallbusiness.lk {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309132318/http://www.smallbusiness.lk/ |date=2010-03-09 }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Attanayake, Senarath}} [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Dea