Baddegama Samitha Thero

1952–2021 (age 69)

Biography

Baddegama Samitha Thera also simply known as Samitha Thera (14 September 1952 – 30 May 2021: Sinhala: පූජ්‍ය බද්දේගම සමිත හිමි) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and a politician. A member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), Ven. Baddegama Samitha Thera was a member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Galle District from 2001 to 2004. He represented the Southern Provincial Council under United People's Freedom Alliance. Samitha Thera is regarded as the first ever Buddhist monk to enter the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

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