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Sajith Premadasa
Background
Sajith Premadasa was born on 12 January 1967 in Colombo, to Ranasinghe Premadasa and Hema Premadasa. Ranasinghe Premadasa was the 2nd Executive President of Sri Lanka elected in 1989, after having served as Prime Minister from 1977. Sajith Premadasa has only one sibling, a younger sister, Dulanjali Premadasa.[2]
Sajith had his formal education at St. Thomas’ Preparatory School and Royal College, Colombo and Mill Hill School, London. He is a graduate of the ‘London School of Economics (LSE) and Political Science’ of the University of London.[3][2]
In 1994 Sajith entered politics from the Hambantota District joining the United National Party (UNP), one of the two main political parties in Sri Lanka. As of 2019, he has been a Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka for 19 years, representing UNP since 2000.[3]He was appointed deputy leader of the UNP in 2011.[4]
On 26 September 2019, Sajith Premadasa was named as the Presidential Election candida
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Ranasinghe Premadasa
President of Sri Lanka from 1989 to 1993
"Ranasinghe" redirects here. For people with the surname Ranasinghe, see Ranasinghe (name).
Sri LankabhimanyaRanasinghe Premadasa (Sinhala: රණසිංහ ප්රේමදාසRaṇasiṃha Premadāsa; Tamil: ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசாRaṇaciṅka Pirēmatācā; 23 June 1924 – 1 May 1993)[1] was the third President of Sri Lanka from 2 January 1989 until his assassination in 1993.[2] He also served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 6 February 1978 to 2 January 1989.[3] This makes Premadasa the longest-serving uninterrupted Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, having served in the post for nearly 11 years. He was the first person to be conferred with Sri Lanka's highest civilian award, the Sri Lankabhimanya in 1986 by President J. R. Jayewardene.[4]
Early life
Ranasinghe Premadasa was born on 23 June 1924 at Dias Place, Colombo 11, to the family of Richard Ranasinghe (Ranasinghe Mudalali) of Kosgoda and Battuwita Jayasinghe Arachchige Ensina Hamine of Batuwita, Horana. Premadasa was the oldest of five c
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Hema Premadasa
Sri Lankan politician (born 1934)
Hema Premadasa (néeWickramatunge; born 27 October 1934) is a Sri Lankan politician and widow of Ranasinghe Premadasa, 3rd President of Sri Lanka. She was the first lady of Sri Lanka from 2 January 1989 to 1 May 1993, when her husband was assassinated.[1]
As first lady, she visited accident sites and hospitals when Sri Lankans were injured.[2] Although Premadasa was married to a politician, she attempted to form a unique identity for herself in the Sri Lankan political landscape. She was a member and also president of the Seva Vanitha Movement (SVM).[3][4] In 1991, even though the Sri Lankan government attempted to ban the Mothers' Front rally, Premadasa held her own rally on the same day.[5] Later, she made her own attempts to run for presidency in 1994.[6] She was forced to call off her campaign after opposition parties ran a "scurrilous poster campaign".[7]
Premadasa is the mother of Sajith Premadasa, current Leader of the Opposition and leader of th
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