Ranasinghe Premadasa
President
Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa (Sinhala: රණසිංහ ප්රේමදාස,Tamil: ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா; 23 June 1923 – 1 May 1993) was the 3rd President of Sri Lanka from 2 January 1989 to 1 May 1993. Before that, he served as the Prime Minister in the government headed by J. R. Jayewardene from 6 February 1978 to 1 January 1989. He was assassinated in Colombo in a suicide bombing, by the LTTE.
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Birth date | June 23, 1924 |
Birth place | Sri Lanka , Colombo , British Ceylon |
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Date of death | May 01, 1993 |
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