Sir John Kotelawala

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Sri Lankan politician human military officer prime minister

Sir John Kotelawala was a Sri Lankan statesman and military officer who served as the country’s third Prime Minister in the 1950s.

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Label Occurrences
John Kotelawala 1
John Kotelawala Sr. 1
John Lionel Kotelawala 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sri Lankan politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
prime minister ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
surface form: Knight of the Order of the British Empire
countryOfCitizenship Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Ceylon

Sri Lanka ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1897-04-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1980-10-02 ⓘ
educatedAt Christ’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dulwich College ⓘ
Royal College, Colombo ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
ethnicGroup Sinhalese ⓘ
fullName Sir John Kotelawala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Lionel Kotelawala
hasOccupation planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
hasRelative Alice Elisabeth Kotelawala ⓘ
Sir John Kotelawala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Kotelawala Sr.
headOfGovernmentOf Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Ceylon
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
knownFor being the third Prime Minister of Ceylon ⓘ
strong anti-communist foreign policy ⓘ
legacy General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University named in his honor ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty United National Party ⓘ
militaryRank Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ
notableWork leadership of Ceylon during early 1950s ⓘ
officeEndTime 1956-04-12 ⓘ
officeStartTime 1953-10-12 ⓘ
parliamentaryBody Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
participatedIn Bandung Conference ⓘ
placeOfBirth Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Ceylon

Kurunegala District ⓘ
placeOfDeath Colombo ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
positionHeld Leader of the Opposition (Ceylon) ⓘ
Minister of Transport and Works ⓘ
Prime Minister of Ceylon ⓘ
precededBy Dudley Senanayake ⓘ
primeMinisterNumber 3 ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
representedConstituency Dodangaslanda ⓘ
Kurunegala ⓘ
residence Kandawala Estate ⓘ
servedIn British Army ⓘ
Ceylon Defence Force ⓘ
succeededBy S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dudley Senanayake → succeededBy → Sir John Kotelawala ⓘ
Prime Minister of Ceylon → officeHoldersInclude → Sir John Kotelawala ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Kotelawala
Sir John Kotelawala → fullName → Sir John Kotelawala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Lionel Kotelawala
Sir John Kotelawala → hasRelative → Sir John Kotelawala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Kotelawala Sr.