Ranasinghe Premadasa

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President of Sri Lanka human politician

Ranasinghe Premadasa was the President of Sri Lanka from 1989 to 1993, known for his populist policies, extensive housing programs, and leadership during a turbulent period of civil conflict and political violence.

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Label Occurrences
Ranasinghe Premadasa canonical 8
Ranasinghe Premadasa as President of Sri Lanka 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
activeDuring Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ
second JVP insurrection ⓘ
birthName Ranasinghe Premadasa self-link ⓘ
causeOfDeath assassination ⓘ
child Sajith Premadasa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sri Lanka ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1924-06-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1993-05-01 ⓘ
education St. Benedict's College, Colombo ⓘ
St. Joseph's College, Colombo ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sinhalese ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
headOfGovernment Sri Lanka ⓘ
ideology populism ⓘ
implementedPolicy low-cost housing schemes ⓘ
poverty alleviation programs ⓘ
urban renewal projects ⓘ
killedBy Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ⓘ
knownFor Gam Udawa village reawakening program ⓘ
Jan Saviya poverty alleviation program ⓘ
extensive housing programs ⓘ
leadership during Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ
populist policies ⓘ
languageSpoken Sinhala ⓘ
mannerOfDeath homicide ⓘ
name Ranasinghe Premadasa self-link ⓘ
nationality Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan
notableEvent assassinated by suicide bomber during May Day rally ⓘ
officeEnd 1993 ⓘ
officeStart 1989 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Colombo ⓘ
placeOfDeath Colombo ⓘ
politicalParty United National Party ⓘ
positionHeld Minister of Local Government, Housing and Construction ⓘ
President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ⓘ
precededBy J. R. Jayewardene ⓘ
surface form: Junius Richard Jayewardene
primeMinisterTermEnd 1989 ⓘ
primeMinisterTermStart 1978 ⓘ
regionOfActivity South Asia ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
residence Colombo ⓘ
servedAs Prime Minister under President J. R. Jayewardene ⓘ
spouse Hema Premadasa ⓘ
succeededBy Dingiri Banda Wijetunga ⓘ

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

Sri Lankan Civil War → governmentLeader → Ranasinghe Premadasa ⓘ
United National Party → hasNotableLeader → Ranasinghe Premadasa ⓘ
United National Party → hasPrimeMinisterProduced → Ranasinghe Premadasa ⓘ
United National Party → hasPresidentProduced → Ranasinghe Premadasa ⓘ
J. R. Jayewardene (as Prime Minister in 1977) → succeededBy → Ranasinghe Premadasa ⓘ
subject surface form: J. R. Jayewardene
this entity surface form: Ranasinghe Premadasa as President of Sri Lanka
J. R. Jayewardene → succeededBy → Ranasinghe Premadasa ⓘ
Ranasinghe Premadasa → name → Ranasinghe Premadasa self-link ⓘ
Ranasinghe Premadasa → birthName → Ranasinghe Premadasa self-link ⓘ
Eelam War II → hasCommander → Ranasinghe Premadasa ⓘ