Dudley Senanayake

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Dudley Senanayake was a prominent Sri Lankan statesman who served multiple terms as prime minister and played a key role in the country’s early post-independence politics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sri Lankan politician
human
prime minister
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship Dominion of Ceylon
Sri Lanka
dateOfBirth 1911-06-19
dateOfDeath 1973-04-13
educatedAt Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
electedIn 1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election
1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election
1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election
ethnicGroup Sinhalese
familyName Dudley Senanayake self-linksurface differs
surface form: Senanayake
father D. S. Senanayake
fieldOfStudy law
fullName Dudley Senanayake self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dudley Shelton Senanayake
givenName Dudley
headOfGovernmentOf Sri Lanka
surface form: Ceylon
knownFor advocacy of parliamentary democracy in Sri Lanka
agricultural and rural development policies
leading Ceylon in early post-independence period
memberOfPoliticalParty United National Party
mother Molly Dunuwila Senanayake
occupation lawyer
statesman
parliamentaryBody Parliament of Ceylon
placeOfBirth Sri Lanka
surface form: Ceylon

Colombo
placeOfDeath Colombo
Sri Lanka
positionHeld Leader of the Opposition (Ceylon)
Leader of the United National Party
Minister of Agriculture and Lands of Ceylon
Prime Minister of Ceylon
precededBy D. S. Senanayake
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
W. Dahanayake
relative Fredrick de Silva
R. G. Senanayake
religion Buddhism
succeededBy Sir John Kotelawala
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
termEnd 1953-10-12
1960-07-21
1970-05-29
termStart 1952-03-26
1960-03-21
1965-03-25

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Referenced by (23)

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Dominion of Ceylon headOfGovernment Dudley Senanayake
Dudley Senanayake fullName Dudley Senanayake self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dudley Shelton Senanayake
Dudley Senanayake familyName Dudley Senanayake self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Senanayake
Sirimavo Bandaranaike precededBy Dudley Senanayake
this entity surface form: Dudley Senanayake (as Prime Minister in 1960)
Sirimavo Bandaranaike succeededBy Dudley Senanayake
this entity surface form: Dudley Senanayake (as Prime Minister in 1965)
Sirimavo Bandaranaike precededBy Dudley Senanayake
this entity surface form: Dudley Senanayake (as Prime Minister in 1970)
D. S. Senanayake child Dudley Senanayake
D. S. Senanayake successor Dudley Senanayake
W. Dahanayake succeededBy Dudley Senanayake
Molly Dunuwila Senanayake child Dudley Senanayake
Molly Dunuwila Senanayake motherOf Dudley Senanayake
Molly Dunuwila Senanayake relative Dudley Senanayake
Sir John Kotelawala precededBy Dudley Senanayake
Molly Dunuwila relativeByMarriage Dudley Senanayake
Don Stephen child Dudley Senanayake
subject surface form: Don Stephen Senanayake
Don Stephen succeededBy Dudley Senanayake
subject surface form: Don Stephen Senanayake
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike precededBy Dudley Senanayake
subject surface form: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike succeededBy Dudley Senanayake
subject surface form: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Fredrick Richard Senanayake relative Dudley Senanayake
Fredrick Richard Senanayake hasRelative Dudley Senanayake
United National Party hasNotableLeader Dudley Senanayake