Background
Premadasa, Ranasinghe was born on June 23, 1924.
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Ranasinghe Premadasa
politician and local government official
Ranasinghe PREMADASA, politician and local government official of Ceylon Labour Party and elected to Muncipal Council, Colombo 1950, Deputy Mayor 1955; Emergency Civil Administration since 1984.
Education
Student, Lorenz College. Student, St. Joseph College, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Career
Member Municipal Council, Colombo, 1950-1955. Deputy mayor, 1955
3d member Colombo Central Constituency, House of Representatives, 1960-1965, 2d member, 1965-1970, 1st member, 1970-1977. Parliamentary secretary to minister local government, 1965.
Chief whip Government Parliamentary Group, 1965. Parliamentary secretary to minister information and broadcasting, also to minister local government, 1966. Minister of local government, 1968-1970.
Chief whip Opposition Parliamentary Group, 1970-1977. Deputy leader United National Party, from 1976. Minister local government, housing and construction, leader National State Assembly, from 1977.
Prime minister of Sri Lanka, 1978-1988, minister of highways, 1981-1988, minister of emergency civil administration, 1984-1988, president, since 1989, minister of defense policy planning, implementation, and Buddha Sasana, since 1989, delegate Buddha Sangayana, Burma, 1955, to China and Soviet Union, 1959, to Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Canberra, Australia, 1970.
Achievements
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Ranasinghe Premadasa has been listed as a noteworthy government official by Marquis Who's Who.
Membership
Of Ceylon Labour Party and elected to Muncipal Council, Colombo 1950, Deputy Mayor 1955. Emergency Civil Administration since 1984.
Interests
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Photography, writing.
Connections
Married Hema Wickrematunga, 1964. 2 children.
- Spouse:
- Hema Wickrematunga
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Born
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Died
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Nationality
Ceylonese -
Religion
Theravada -
Political Party
United National Party
Official Titles
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3rd President of Sri Lanka