About Kamal Karunanayake
Lived 1937 – 2006 (aged 69). Kamal Karunanayake was a Sri Lankan economist and politics.
Professor Kamal Karunanayake (29 May 1937 - 18 November 2006) was a former MP, who represented the People's Alliance as a National List member from 1989 to 1994.
After Karunanayake was educated at Nalanda College Colombo and obtained a BA (Hons) degree in Economics from the Peradeniya University in 1962. He received a doctorate from the Birmingham University in England in 1969. In 2002 he retired as the Professor of Economics and the Director of the Centre for Development Studies at the University of Kelaniya.
Since November 2006, he served as the Senior Presidential Advisor in Economics contributing to the formulation of the Mahinda Chintana policy.
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Who was Kamal Karunanayake?
Sri Lankan politician (1937-2006)
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Kamal Karunanayake was born on 29 April 1937 in Minuwangoda.
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Kamal Karunanayake died on 18 November 2006.
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Kamal Karunanayake was an economist and politics.
What nationality was Kamal Karunanayake?
Kamal Karunanayake was Sri Lankan.
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