About P. Kumarasiri
Lived 1919 – 2004 (aged 84–85). P. Kumarasiri was a Sri Lankan politician and communist.
Premalal Kumarasiri (12 December 1919 - October 2004) was a Sri Lankan communist politician and former member of parliament.
Premalal Kumarasiri was born on 12 December 1919 in Gonapinuwala, a village in the south of Sri Lanka. He attended the local village school and then Ananda College in Colombo. as the Ceylon Communist Party's candidate. At only twenty-eight years old he was the youngest sitting member of the parliament.
He received the first Premier of the People's Republic of China on behalf of the Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) when Zhou Enlai visited Sri Lanka in 1964.
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Who was P. Kumarasiri?
politician
When was P. Kumarasiri born?
P. Kumarasiri was born on 12 December 1919 in Gonapinuwala Divisional Secretariat.
When did P. Kumarasiri die?
P. Kumarasiri died in 2004.
What was P. Kumarasiri's occupation?
P. Kumarasiri was a politician and communist.
What nationality was P. Kumarasiri?
P. Kumarasiri was Sri Lankan.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). P. Kumarasiri. https://biography.guide/p-kumarasiri/
MLA: "P. Kumarasiri." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/p-kumarasiri/.
Chicago: "P. Kumarasiri." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/p-kumarasiri/.
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