LC control no. | n 81072047 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | PK2859.P673 |
Personal name heading | Premadasa, R., 1924-1993 |
Variant(s) | Pirēmatācā, Raṇasiṅka, 1924-1993 Pirēmatāsā, Raṇasiṅha, 1924-1993 Prēmadāsa, Ār., 1924-1993 Prēmadāsa, Ranasiṃha, 1924-1993 Premadasa Ranasinghe, 1924-1993 Ranasiṃha Prēmadāsa, 1924-1993 Ranasinghe Premadasa, 1924-1993 Raṇasinha Pirēmatāsā, 1924-1993 |
Birth date | 1924-06-23 |
Death date | 1993-05-01 |
Place of birth | Colombo (Sri Lanka) |
Field of activity | Politics, Practical |
Profession or occupation | Presidents Prime ministers |
Found in | Silva, D. Y. Suvanda hamana malak, 1974. Ranasinghe Premadasa, prime minister with a vision, 1985. Rajappan, K. Golden bud, 1988: t.p. (R. Premadasa, M.P., Prime Minister of Sri Lanka) p. 57 (1st group) (Ranasiṃha Prēmadāsa) p. 1 (3rd group) Raṇasiṅha Pirēmatāsā) His Selected speeches of His Excellency Ranasinghe Premadasa, President of Shri Lanka, 1992? Info fr. LC representative, Colombo, 7/2/93 (President Ranasinghe Premadasa was assassinated in Colombo on May day celebrations in 1993) Wikipedia, viewed on October 22, 2021 (born June 23, 1924 in Colombo; Raṇasiṅka Pirēmatācā; dead May 01, 1993; President of Sri Lanka from January 02, 1989-May 01, 1993; served as Prime minister, February 06, 1978-January 01, 1989; assassinated in Colombo by a suicide bomb by LTTE; at age fifteen, Premadasa started the Sucharita Children's Society, which later became the Sucharitha Movement, a volunteers organisation with the objectives of uplifting the economic, social and spiritual development of the low income people living in shanty areas of the capital; Premadasa started his political career in 1946 joining the Ceylon Labour Party as a full time member and campaigned for Goonesinghe in the 1947 general election. In 1950, he was elected to the Colombo Municipal Council as a member of San Sebastian's Ward; contested elections in 1965 and was appointed as Chief government whip and Parliament secretary) |
Associated language | eng sin |