Clement Victor Gunaratne was Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Industries Development. Minister Gunaratne and his wife along with 20 others were killed by a suicide bomber of the LTTE terrorist organization on June 7, 2000.

He was education at Royal College, Colombo where was captain of the rugby team. He entered to politics as a member of the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council in which he was Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka Freedom Party). He was chosen as a Central Committee Member of the SLFP in early 1970s. C.V. Gunaratne entered to the parliament at the parliamentary general election held in 1989. He was survived by two sons and a daughter.

See also

• Assassinations attributed to the LTTE
• Terrorist attacks carried out by the LTTE
• Sri Lankan Civil War

Reference

External links

• Nation bids farewell to the late minister and his wife
• Sri Lankan Minister Killed in Suicide Bomb Attack