Ranasinghe Premadasa | |
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රණසිංහ ප්රේමදාස ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா | |
3rd President of Sri Lanka | |
In office 2 January 1989 – 1 May 1993 | |
Prime Minister | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga |
Preceded by | Junius Richard Jayewardene |
Succeeded by | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga |
8th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka | |
In office 6 February 1978 – 2 January 1989 | |
President | Junius Richard Jayewardene |
Preceded by | Junius Richard Jayewardene |
Succeeded by | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga |
Member of Parliament for Colombo Central | |
In office 22 March 1965 – 2 January 1989 | |
Preceded by | Razik Fareed |
Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
In office 19 March 1960 – 20 July 1960 | |
Preceded by | M. S. Themis |
Succeeded by | Razik Fareed |
Personal details | |
Born | Colombo, British Ceylon (now in Sri Lanka) | 23 June 1924
Died | 1 May 1993 Colombo, Sri Lanka | (aged 68)
Manner of death | Assassination |
Political party | United National Party |
Spouse(s) | Hema Premadasa (née Wickrematunge) |
Children | Sajith, Dulanjali |
Residence | Sucharitha |
Alma mater | St Joseph's College, Colombo |
Signature | |
Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa (Sinhala: රණසිංහ ප්රේමදාස Raṇasiṃha Premadāsa; Tamil: ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா Raṇaciṅka Pirēmatācā; 23 June 1924 – 1 May 1993)[1] was the third President of Sri Lanka from 2 January 1989 to his assassination in 1993.[2] Before that, he served as the Prime minister of Sri Lanka from 6 February 1978 to 2 January 1989.[3] Premadasa is considered as the longest serving uninterrupted Prime Minister of Sri Lanka by serving in that post for nearly 11 years. He was the first person conferred Sri Lanka's highest civilian award Sri Lankabhimanya in 1986 by President J. R. Jayewardene.[4]