About H. de Z. Siriwardena
Born 1898. H. de Z. Siriwardena was a politician.
Hector de Zoysa Siriwardena, CBE (born 12 June 1898) was a Ceylonese politician.
Siriwardena was elected as the member for Negombo on 2nd State Council of Ceylon in 1942 following the death of the sitting member, Charles Edward Perry de Silva. He was subsequently appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry in the D. S. Senanayake cabinet. He did not contest the 2nd parliamentary election in 1952 and was instead appointed to the Senate of Ceylon and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs.
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1954 Birthday Honours.
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Ceylonese politician (born 1898)
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H. de Z. Siriwardena was born on 12 June 1898.
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