D. M. Jayaratne

Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne
දිසානායක මුදියන්සේලාගේ ජයරත්න திசாநாயக்க முதியன்சேலாகே ஜயரத்ன
14th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
In office 21 April 2010 – 9 January 2015
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded by	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Succeeded by	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Minister of Buddhasasana & Religious Affairs
In office 8 July 2010 – 7 July 2015
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	Himself
Minister of Plantations
In office 6 August 2007 – 6 August 2010
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Minister of Posts, Telecommunications & Upcountry Development
In office 8 August 2004 – 6 September 2007
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Mahinda Rajapaksa
Minister of Agriculture
In office 1 June 2000 – 9 July 2001
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Member of Parliament for Kandy District
In office 5 January 2004 – 7 January 2010
In office 1 July 1989 – 29 December 2001
Member of Parliament for National List
In office 7 January 2010 – 6 June 2015
In office 30 December 2001 – 2 January 2004
Personal details
Born	Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne (1931-06-04)4 June 1931 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Died	19 November 2019(2019-11-19) (aged 88) Kandy, Sri Lanka
Political party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political affiliations	United People's Freedom Alliance
Children	Anuradha Jayaratne
Education	Doluwa Maha Vidyalaya, Gampola Zahira College, Gampola
Occupation	Teacher postmaster politician

Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne (Sinhala: දිසානායක මුදියන්සේලාගේ ජයරත්න, Tamil: திசாநாயக்க முதியன்சேலாகே ஜயரத்ன; 4 June 1931^[1] – 19 November 2019^[2]), known as D. M. "Di Mu" Jayaratne,^[3] was a Sri Lankan politician who was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2015. A founding member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Jayaratne was first elected to parliament in 1970. He was sworn in as Prime Minister on 21 April 2010.^[4]