| Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
| Kumara Welgama | |
| Native Name: | |
| Office: | Leader of the New Lanka Freedom Party |
| Term Start: | 6 March 2020 |
| Term End: | 28 September 2024 |
| Office2: | Minister of Transport |
| President2: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Primeminister2: | D. M. Jayaratne |
| Predecessor2: | Dullas Alahapperuma |
| Successor2: | Ranjith Madduma Bandara |
| Term Start2: | 23 April 2010 |
| Term End2: | 9 January 2015 |
| Office3: | Minister of Industrial Development |
| President3: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Primeminister3: | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
| Term Start3: | 28 January 2007 |
| Term End3: | 23 April 2010 |
| Office4: | Deputy Minister of Power & Energy |
| President4: | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Primeminister4: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Term Start4: | 10 April 2004 |
| Term End4: | 19 November 2005 |
| Office5: | Deputy Minister of Transport |
| President5: | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Primeminister5: | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
| Term Start5: | 3 November 2000 |
| Term End5: | 2001 |
| Constituency Mp6: | Kalutara District |
| Parliament6: | Sri Lanka |
| Term Start6: | 25 August 1994 |
| Term End6: | 24 September 2024 |
| Birth Date: | 5 April 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Dominion of Ceylon |
| Death Place: | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Party: | New Lanka Freedom Party (2019–2024) Sri Lanka Freedom Party (before 2019) |
| Otherparty: | Samagi Jana Balawegaya |
| Residence: | 101A Manning Place, Colombo |
| Alma Mater: | St Thomas' College |
| Native Name Lang: | si |
Kumara Welgama (si|කුමාර වෙල්ගම; 5 April 1950 – 28 September 2024) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as a Member of Parliament for the Kalutara District between 1994 and 2024.[1] Welgama had been a minister of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the past from 2020, to his death in 2024 he was the leader of the New Lanka Freedom Party and contested elections with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya.
Welgama was the chief organiser for the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the Agalawatte electorate between 1984 and 2000. Welgama was the Minister of Industrial Development from 2007 to 2010 and the Minister of Transportation from 2010 to early 2015 in governments led by the SLFP.
Welgama had been a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until 2019, when he defected from the party after it supported the presidential candidacy of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, paving the way for the return of the Rajapaksa family. He supported UNP candidate Sajith Premadasa instead[2] [3] and founded a new party named New Lanka Freedom Party, which joined the Samagi Jana Balawegaya alliance led by Sajith Premadasa to run for the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election.[4]
Welgama died while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Colombo, on 28 September 2024. He was 74.[5]