P. B. Bulankulame
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| The Honourable Bulankulame Dissawa |
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| Minister of Land Development | |
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| Nationality | Ceylonese |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Alma mater | Royal College, Colombo |
| Occupation | Politics |
| Profession | Proctor |
| Religion | Buddhist |
Sooriyakumara Wannisinghe Punchi Banda Bulankulame, OBE (known as P. B. Bulankulame Dissawa ) was a Ceylonese politician, he was the former Cabinet Minister of Land and Land Development in Dudley Senanayake's and John Kotelawala's government.[1]
Educated at Royal College Colombo, he was elected to the State Council of Ceylon in 1936[2] and was reelected to Parliament in 1947. In the first government since independence, he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture.[3][4]
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- Agriculture ministers of Sri Lanka
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- Members of the 1st Parliament of Ceylon
- Members of the State Council of Ceylon
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Parliamentary secretaries of Ceylon
