Dassanayake Mudiyanselage Dassanayake (29 April 1953 – 8 January 2008) was a Sri Lankan politician from the Puttalam District. He was serving as a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and non-cabinet Minister of Nation Building when he was assassinated in a roadside bomb attack on 8 January 2008 in Ja-Ela, twelve miles north of Colombo. The attack, which was blamed on the militant Tamil Tigers organization, killed three people and injured ten others.

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1953 births

2008 deaths

Assassinated Sri Lankan politicians

Deaths by improvised explosive device

Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka

Members of the 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka

Members of the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka

Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka

People killed during the Sri Lankan Civil War

2000s assassinated politicians in Asia

D. M. Dassanayake