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{{Short description|Sri Lankan socialist and Trotskyite}}
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'''Selina Margaret Perera''' (née ''Peiris'') (1909 – 1986) was a [[Sri Lanka]]n [[socialist]] and [[Trotskyist|Trotskyite]]. She was a founding member of the [[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]] (LSSP) and [[party secretary]]. She was married to Dr [[N. M. Perera]], who became the leader of the LSSP.
 
Born Selina Margaret Peiris to a wealthy family in [[Badulla]], she was educated in the Catholic Convent school and at the [[Musaeus College]] in [[Colombo]]. She entered [[Colombo University College]]. After graduating, she became a teacher at the Buddhist Girls’ College in Mount Lavinia and became its first principal.<ref name="I1">{{cite news |last1=Ervin |first1=Charles Wesley |title=Remembering a socialist pioneer Selina Perera – The relentless revolutionary |url=http://www.island.lk/2009/04/12/features2.html |accessdate=8 November 2019 |publisher=Island}}</ref>