Sri Lanka parliament member(Gampaha District)Reggie Ranatunga passed away in colombo short while ago.
Reggie Ranatunga,was appointed Feb.2008 a member of parliament for the ruling coalition to represent the Gampaha district, north of Colombo.
Ranatunga, the father of Sri Lanka's cricket star-turned-politician Arjuna Ranatunga,
Ranatunga fills the parliamentary seat left vacant by the death of Sripathy Sooriyarachchi, also representing Gampaha district, who was died on February 9 in a motor vehicle accident.
Reggi Ranatunga was the governor of the Sabaragamuwa province, south east of Colombo, and has also been a parliamentarian and deputy cabinet minister on a previous occasion.
