Ranasinghe Premadasa
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
- Preceded by
- J. R. Jayewardene
- Succeeded by
- Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
- President
- J. R. Jayewardene
- Governor general
- William Gopallawa
- Born
- ( 1924-06-23 ) 23 June 1924, Colombo , British Ceylon , (now in Sri Lanka )
- Died
- 1 May 1993 (1993-05-01) (aged 68), Colombo , Sri Lanka
- Cause of death
- Assassination
- Party
- United National Party
- Spouse
- Hema Wickrematunge ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 )
- Children
- Sajith , Dulanjali
- Alma mater
- St Joseph's College, Colombo
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Encyclopedic overview
Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa (Sinhala: රණසිංහ ප්රේමදාස Raṇasiṃha Premadāsa; Tamil: ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா Raṇaciṅka Pirēmatācā; 23 June 1924 – 1 May 1993) was a Sri Lankan politician and statesman who served as the third president of Sri Lanka from 1989 until his assassination in 1993. He previously served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989, with his tenure making him the longest-serving uninterrupted Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
Amongst Sri Lankans, Premadasa has left behind a mixed legacy. While he was seen as a spokesperson of the poor, common man, his handling of the country's two civil conflicts, the JVP insurrection and the Sri Lankan civil war, have been heavily criticised. He was the first person to be conferred with the Sri Lankabhimanya, Sri Lanka's highest civilian award, in 1986 by president J. R. Jayewardene.
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