Ranasinghe Premadasa

His Excellency Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa
රණසිංහ ප්‍රේමදාස ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா
Premadasa in 1992
3rd President of Sri Lanka
In office 2 January 1989 – 1 May 1993
Prime Minister	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Preceded by	Junius Richard Jayewardene
Succeeded by	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
8th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
In office 6 February 1978 – 2 January 1989
President	Junius Richard Jayewardene
Preceded by	Junius Richard Jayewardene
Succeeded by	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Member of Parliament for Colombo Central
In office 22 March 1965 – 2 January 1989
Preceded by	Razik Fareed
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
In office 19 March 1960 – 20 July 1960
Preceded by	M. S. Themis
Succeeded by	Razik Fareed
Personal details
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
Manner of death	Assassination
Political party	United National Party
Spouse	Hema Wickrematunge ​ (m. 1964)​
Children	Sajith, Dulanjali
Residence	Sucharitha
Alma mater	St 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 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]