Rosy Senanayake
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Member of Parliament
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| Born | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Athula Senanayake |
| Children | Kanishka Thisakya Radhya |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Activist |
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| Born | January 5, 1958 |
| Title | Mrs World 1985, Miss Asia Pacific International 1981, Miss Sri Lanka 1980 |
Bernadine Rose Senanayake née Ramanayake (born 5 January 1958) (known as Rosy Senanayake), MP is a Sri Lankan politician,1 activist, and a former beauty queen. A current member of the Sri Lankan parliament, she was the leader of the opposition in Western Provincial Council and is the United National Party Chief Organiser for the Colombo West electorate. Rosy Senanayake has served as the Sri Lankan High Commissioner for Malaysia2 and was a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund. She has been an activist on several issues and an active figure in the opposition gaining much lime light.
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Beauty queen
Rosy Senanayake was the winner in the first Mrs World competition in 1985. She is also a former Miss Asia Pacific International 1981 and competed as Miss Sri Lanka in Miss World 1980.3
Community work
Her professional life has been devoted to promoting Sri Lanka, and particularly Sri Lankan trade, to the world. She promotes the rights of women and adolescents in her country, and as a United Nations Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador she has, through the National Youth Services Council, promoted reproductive health services for young people and for migrant women workers in Sri Lanka's Free Trade Zone.4 She has worked with the private sector to provide reproductive health services to employees of private companies in Sri Lanka, and recently starred in a film about reproductive health. Through her popular daytime television program she has become an icon for women's causes.
Diplomatic work
In 1998 she was appointed as a United Nations Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador. Rosy Senanayake was appointed as Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia in 2002, which she held until 2004.
Politics
An major opposition activist, she is the Chief Organiser for the Colombo West of the United National Party. She was elected to the Western Provincial Council, where she served as its leader of the opposition until she was elected to the Parliament in General Election 2010.5
Family
She married Athula Senanayake, an entrepreneur 6 who is the son of Stanley Senanayake, a former Inspector General of Police and Maya Senanayake the daughter of SLFP MP P. de S. Kularatne. The marriage has produced three children Kanishka, Thisakya and Radhya.7
See also
References
External links
- Biographies of UN Advocates and Goodwill Ambassadors
- Rosy Senanayake felicitated
- PM on two-day visit to Malaysia
- MERCY Malaysia continues to provide medical and humanitarian aid for Sri Lanka flood victims
- Channa and Upuli Performing in Malaysia
- Memories in Asia
