Kumar Rupesinghe

Kumar Rupesinghe (born 1943)is an academic and activist involved in social issues, particularly Human Rights, development issues, processes of globalisation, conflict prevention, conflict resolution and conflict transformation in the light of peacekeeping and peacebuilding for a harmonious coexistence among all peoples in the world.

He gained fame as coleader, with his then wife, Sunethra Bandaranaike (the daughter of then Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Sirimavo Bandaranaike) of the Maoist Janavegaya group, a faction of the then ruling United Front. He was well known to be an architect of the idea of a "moratorium" on loans that the Government took from World Bank and IMF . He was a diehard Maoist promoting radical communist ideology to take control of the party youth movement in competition with the pro western Anura Bandaranaike faction. He was legendary to be a chain smoker of Benson & Hedges and drink lots of whisky. He was very ambitious but later on fell afoul with Madam Bandaranaike who preferred the son over the son in law with very questionable political credentials. He was the architect of Communist Chinese and North Korean like Propaganda via dancing and songs during the non aligned movement where they forcefully presented the concept of "janaweygaya bihiwey".

He has been a former Secretary General of International Alert, and an advisor to the Reconciliation programme of the Triple R. Rupesinghe has experience in mediation and conflict resolution work.

Rupesinghe obtained his first degree from the London School of Economics and his Ph.D. from the City University London. He has contributed towards building new organizations and networks on human rights and peace.

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