Ranasinghe Premadasa

Ranasinghe Premadasa
රණසිංහ ප්‍රේමදාස
ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா
Premadasa in 1992
3rd President of Sri Lanka
In office
2 January 1989 – 1 May 1993
Prime MinisterDingiri Banda Wijetunga
Preceded byJunius Richard Jayewardene
Succeeded byDingiri Banda Wijetunga
8th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
In office
6 February 1978 – 2 January 1989
PresidentJunius Richard Jayewardene
Preceded byJunius Richard Jayewardene
Succeeded byDingiri Banda Wijetunga
Member of Parliament
for Colombo Central
In office
22 March 1965 – 2 January 1989
Preceded byRazik Fareed
Succeeded byconstituency abolished
In office
19 March 1960 – 20 July 1960
Preceded byM. S. Themis
Succeeded byRazik Fareed
Personal details
Born(1924-06-23)23 June 1924
Colombo, British Ceylon
(now in Sri Lanka)
Died1 May 1993(1993-05-01) (aged 68)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Manner of deathAssassination
Political partyUnited National Party
Spouse(s)Hema Premadasa
(née Wickrematunge)
ChildrenSajith, Dulanjali
ResidenceSucharitha
Alma materSt 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]

  1. ^ "Ranasinghe Premadasa DOB". priu.gov.lk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Former Presidents – Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka". Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Parliament of Sri Lanka – Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  4. ^ "National Honours – Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka". Retrieved 10 November 2020.