Death
After President D.B. Wijetunga indicated he would not run in the 1994 presidential election, Dissanayake was nominated as the UNP candidate at the same time he was the Leader of the Opposition in parliament. This was cut short when he was assassinated by a female suicide bomber of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). His wife Srima Dissanayake ran in his stead, but was defeated by People's Alliance candidate & then Prime Minister Chandrika Kumaratunga.
He has two sons, who are in politics. Navin & Mayantha. His eldest son Navin currently Cabinet Minister of State Management Reforms in President Mahinda Rajapakse's Government and Member of Parliament for Nuwara Eliya District he was former non-cabinet minister of Investment Promotion too. Mayantha contested for the 2010 General Election for Kandy District from UNP.
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