Early Life
Wijetunga was born to a middle class Sinhala Buddhist family living on the outskirts of the then Udunuwara Parliamentary seat in the Kandy District of the Central Province in Sri Lanka. On completion of his secondary education at St. Andrew's College, Gampola, he joined the Co-operative Department as an Inspector.
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