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- George_E._de_Silva abstract "George Edmund de Silva (1879 - 1950) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He was the first Cabinet Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries in independent Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) (1947–1948), a Member of Parliament & State Council.He started his career as a journalist in the Ceylon Independent and in The Times of Ceylon. Later he entered the Ceylon Law College and started a law practice in Kandy.In 1915 de Silva and E. W. Perera carried a secret Memorial initiated and drafted by Sir James Peiris to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, pleading for the repeal of martial law and vindication of the reputations of those who had been falsely accused during the riots of 1915.De Silva entered politics after he was elected to the Kandy Municipal Council in 1930. In 1931 he was elected to the State Council from the Central Province. Having been re-elected, he was appointed Minister of Health. In 1943 he was elected the President of the Ceylon National Congress. After Ceylon gained independence, de Silva was appointed to the D. S. Senanayake's cabinet as the first Minister for Industries and Fisheries.He is the father of Fredrick de Silva, MBE who was the Mayor of Kandy, Member of Parliament and Sri Lanka’s Ambassador in France. His grandson is The Sir Desmond de Silva, former United Nations Chief War Crimes Prosecutor in Sierra Leone. Sir Desmond was married to Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia. Their daughter, Victoria, is the great granddaughter of George E. de Silva and the great-great-great-great-great granddaughter of Queen Victoria, thereby making his descendant a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. George E. de Silva's daughter Minnette de Silva was the first Asian woman to qualify as an architect with the Royal Institute of British Architects. She worked on early experiments of tropical modernism in Sri Lanka. He is also grand-uncle to journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge.".
- George_E._de_Silva activeYearsStartDate "1947-09-26".
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- George_E._de_Silva nationality Sri_Lanka.
- George_E._de_Silva office "Minister of Industries, Industrial Research & Fisheries".
- George_E._de_Silva party United_National_Party.
- George_E._de_Silva primeMinister D._S._Senanayake.
- George_E._de_Silva region Kandy.
- George_E._de_Silva successor G._G._Ponnambalam.
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- George_E._de_Silva wikiPageWikiLinkText "George E. de Silva".
- George_E._de_Silva birthDate "1879".
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- George_E._de_Silva caption "George E. de Silva in the first Cabinet of Ministers of Ceylon".
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- George_E._de_Silva constituencyMp Kandy.
- George_E._de_Silva deathDate "1950".
- George_E._de_Silva deathPlace Sri_Lanka.
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- George_E._de_Silva name "George E. de Silva".
- George_E._de_Silva nationality Sri_Lanka.
- George_E._de_Silva office "Minister of Industries, Industrial Research & Fisheries".
- George_E._de_Silva parliament "Ceylon".
- George_E._de_Silva party United_National_Party.
- George_E._de_Silva predecessor "Constituency created".
- George_E._de_Silva predecessor "Office created".
- George_E._de_Silva primeminister D._S._Senanayake.
- George_E._de_Silva successor G._G._Ponnambalam.
- George_E._de_Silva successor "Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne".
- George_E._de_Silva termEnd "1948".
- George_E._de_Silva termEnd "1949".
- George_E._de_Silva termStart "1947".
- George_E._de_Silva termStart "1947-09-26".
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