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Siva Obeyesekere was born on 7 May, 1929, is an A 20th-century sri lankan women politician. Discover Siva Obeyesekere's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?

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Occupation Politics
Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 7 May, 1929
Birthday 7 May
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Date of death 23 December, 2017
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Nationality Sri Lankan

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1929

Deshamanya Sivagami Verina "Siva" Obeyesekere (Sivagami; née Dassenaike; 7 May 1929 – 23 December 2017) was the Cabinet Minister of Health (1976-1977) and a Member of Parliament from Mirigama.

She is known as the founder of the Laksala and Lakpahana.

Born at the Dassanayake Walawwe in Mirigama to Lois Robert Clifton Dassenaike and Amybelle Charlotte Valerie née Corea, she was educated at Ladies' College, Colombo, where she was a hostel prefect and sports captain.

Vijaya Corea was her half brother and Gamani Corea was her step-brother.

She married James Peter Obeyesekere III, the only child of Sir James Peter Obeyesekere II, Maha Mudaliyar.

1951

James and Siva Obeyesekere, supported their kinsmen, S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike when he left the United National Party and formed the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in 1951, becoming founding members.

1952

She assisted her husband in his unsuccessful campaign for the Mirigama electorate in the 1952 general election and in the successful campaign for the Attanagalla electorate in the 1960 July general election.

1960

When James Obeyesekere was the member of parliament for Attanagalla from 1960 to 1965, Siva Obeyesekere organized community health programmes in 127 villages in the Attanagalle electorate and actively began to develop handicraft and handloom centres.

1961

In 1961, she was appointed chairman of the Small Industries Board.

1963

In 1963, she was appointed the chairman of the Accommodation Committee and a member of the Tourist Development Council that drafted the Tourist Development Act.

1964

In 1964, she started the Laksala, which was the first Government Cottage Industries Emporium and became the chairman of its advisory board.

She also established the Craftsman's Association of Sri Lanka promoting the Master Craftsman's Apprenticeship Scheme.

1965

James Obeyesekere would serve as the Parliamentary Secretary of Health and Finance, thereafter he was appointed to the Senate of Ceylon in 1965.

She contested the Mirigama electorate in the 1965 general election from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and won the seat defeating Wijayabahu Wijayasinha and entered parliament.

1970

She retained her seat in the 1970 general election defeating Professor W. S. Karunaratne.

She was appointed Parliamentary Secretary of Health by Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 1970 and was promoted to Minister of Health in 1976 succeeding George Rajapaksa.

During her tenure, she introduced the National Family Health Programme, which was later adopted by the United Nations as an international model.

Senator Edward Kennedy gave her a special award of appreciation for her efforts.

1973

In 1973, she was elected President of the National Artisans and Craftsman's Association.

In 1973, she was elected Vice President of the Status of Women in Family Planning conference in Djakarta and lead the Sri Lankan delegation to the World Population Conference in Bucharest.

1977

She was elected Vice President of the World Health Organization Conference in Geneva in 1977.

However, she was defeated in the 1977 general election in the landslid victory of the United National Party.

She founded the Lakpahana, a private company that sold local handicrafts.

1991

In 1991, President Ranasinghe Premadasa awarded her the Deshamanya title and was elected the first president of the World Craft's Council affiliated to UNESCO.

1993

In 1993, she was the "Kamala Saamaan" in memory of Kamala Devi Chattopadyayi of India for the development of Laksala.

2006

In 2006, she was appointed National Consultant to the Ministry of Rural Industries and Self-Employment Promotion and was later appointed a presidential adviser to President Mahinda Rajapakse.

2009

In 2009, she was appointed to the S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike National Memorial Foundation by President Rajapakse.

Siva Dassenaike married James Obeyesekere and they had two children, James Peter Obeyesekere IV and Chantal De Saram.