The former Deputy leader and Chairman of the United National Party(UNP) and the grand son of the Sri Lanka's first Prime Minister late D.S Senanayake ,Rukman Senanayake has passed away yesterday (24) at the age of 76 according to his family sources.
He entered politics in 1973 as a MP in Dadigma area in Kegalle District and again elected to the Parliament in 1994 and 2004 .He was appointed as the Chairman of the United National Party in 2007 and he had served as the Minister of Environment and Natural resources during 2002-2004 .
