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J. R. Jayewardene | |
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![]() Jayewardene in 1984 | |
2nd President of Sri Lanka | |
In office 4 February 1978 – 2 January 1989 | |
Prime Minister | Ranasingha Premadasa |
Preceded by | William Gopallawa |
Succeeded by | Ranasinghe Premadasa |
7th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka | |
In office 23 July 1977 – 4 February 1978 | |
President | William Gopallawa |
Preceded by | Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike |
Succeeded by | Ranasinghe Premadasa |
6th Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 7 June 1970 – 18 May 1977 | |
Prime Minister | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Preceded by | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Succeeded by | A. Amirthalingam |
6th Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement | |
In office 4 February 1978 – 9 September 1979 | |
Preceded by | William Gopallawa |
Succeeded by | Fidel Castro |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 24 April 1960 – 20 July 1960 | |
Prime Minister | Dudley Senanayake |
Preceded by | Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke |
Succeeded by | Stanley de Zoysa |
In office 26 September 1947 – 13 October 1953 | |
Prime Minister |
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Succeeded by | Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke |
Member of Parliament for Colombo West | |
In office 4 August 1977 – 4 February 1978 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Anura Bastian |
Member of Parliament for Colombo South | |
In office 5 August 1960 – 18 May 1977 | |
Preceded by | Edmund Samarawickrema |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Kelaniya | |
In office 30 March 1960 – 23 April 1960 | |
Preceded by | R.G. Senanayake |
Succeeded by | R.S. Perera |
In office 14 October 1947 – 18 February 1956 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | R.G. Senanayake |
Personal details | |
Born | Junius Richard Jayewardene 17 September 1906 Colombo, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) |
Died | 1 November 1996 Colombo, Sri Lanka | (aged 90)
Political party | United National Party |
Spouse | |
Children | Ravi Jayewardene (Son) |
Parents |
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Residence | Braemar |
Alma mater | |
Profession | Advocate |
Signature | ![]() |
Junius Richard Jayewardene (Sinhala: ජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන; Tamil: ஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா; 17 September 1906 – 1 November 1996), commonly abbreviated in Sri Lanka as J.R., was a Sri Lankan lawyer, Public official and a statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1978 and as the second President of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989. He was a leader of the nationalist movement in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) who served in a variety of cabinet positions in the decades following independence. A longtime member of the United National Party, he led it to a landslide victory in 1977 and served as prime minister for half a year before becoming the country's first executive president under an amended constitution.[1]
A controversial figure in the history of Sri Lanka, while the open economic system he introduced in 1978 brought the country out of the economic turmoil Sri Lanka was facing as the result of the preceding closed economic policies,[2] Jayawardene's actions, including his response to the Black July riots of 1983, have been accused of contributing to the beginnings of the Sri Lankan Civil War.[3]
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