D. B. Wijetunga
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D. B. Wijetunga was a Sri Lankan politician who served as the country's third executive President and was a prominent leader of the United National Party.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
President of Sri Lanka
ⓘ
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ⓘ Sri Lankan politician ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1922-02-15 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Lamahewa, Udunuwara, Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2008-09-21 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Colombo, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | late 20th-century Sri Lankan politics ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sinhalese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Wijetunga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Dingiri Banda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfStateOf | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | His Excellency ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | PC ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership in the United National Party
ⓘ
serving as the third executive President of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| memberOf | United National Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeNumber | third executive President of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| parliamentaryConstituency | Udunuwara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalParty | United National Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament of Sri Lanka
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Minister of Buddhist Affairs of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Minister of Defence of Sri Lanka ⓘ Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Minister of Posts and Telecommunications of Sri Lanka ⓘ President of Sri Lanka ⓘ Prime Minister of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ranasinghe Premadasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededByAsPrimeMinister | Ranasinghe Premadasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| profession | politician ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| residenceWhilePresident | President's House, Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residenceWhilePrimeMinister | Temple Trees, Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedInParliament | Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Rangamma Wijetunga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededByAsPrimeMinister | Ranil Wickremesinghe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termEndAsPresident | 1994-11-12 ⓘ |
| termEndAsPrimeMinister | 1993-05-07 ⓘ |
| termStartAsPresident | 1993-05-01 ⓘ |
| termStartAsPrimeMinister | 1989-03-03 ⓘ |
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