J. R. Jayewardene

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf politician
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Non-Aligned_Movement
gptkb:South_Asian_Association_for_Regional_Cooperation
gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Nations
gptkbp:awards Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Sri_Jayewardenepura
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Colombo
Sri_Lanka's_highest_civilian_award
gptkbp:birthDate 1915-09-17
gptkbp:birthPlace Colombo,_Ceylon
gptkbp:children gptkb:Shiranthi_Jayewardene
gptkb:Ranjan_Jayewardene
gptkb:Rukmani_Jayewardene
gptkbp:deathDate 2008-11-01
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_College,_Colombo
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Junius_Richard_Jayewardene
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label J. R. Jayewardene
gptkbp:image J._R._Jayewardene.jpg
gptkbp:influences gptkb:S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike
gptkb:D._S._Senanayake
J._R._Jayewardene's_political_career
gptkbp:legacy Constitutional_changes_in_Sri_Lanka
Economic_liberalization_in_Sri_Lanka
Political_stability_in_Sri_Lanka_during_his_presidency
gptkbp:nationality Sri Lankan
gptkbp:notableWorks Constitution of Sri Lanka 1978
Economic_reforms_in_Sri_Lanka
Sri_Lankan_Civil_War_policies
gptkbp:office Minister of Finance
Minister of State for Defence
Member_of_Parliament
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:United_National_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition liberalism
gptkbp:politicalRole 1947
1989
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:President_of_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:William_Gopallawa
gptkbp:profession lawyer
gptkbp:religion Buddhism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Colombo,_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:signature J._R._Jayewardene_signature
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elina_Jayewardene
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Ranasinghe_Premadasa
gptkbp:termEnd 1989-11-07
gptkbp:termStart 1978-02-04