J. R. Jayewardene

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Royal_College_Colombo
gptkb:University_of_Colombo
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Sri_Lankabhimanya
gptkbp:birthDate 1906-09-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Colombo
gptkbp:children gptkb:Ravi_Jayewardene
gptkbp:deathDate 1996-11-01
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Colombo
gptkbp:father gptkb:Eugene_Wilfred_Jayewardene
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Junius_Richard_Jayewardene
gptkbp:honorificPrefix His Excellency
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Kelaniya
gptkb:Colombo_South
gptkb:Colombo_West
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Agnes_Helen_Don_Philip_Wijewardena
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Sri_Lankan
gptkbp:notableFor introducing executive presidency in Sri Lanka
open economic reforms in Sri Lanka
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:politician
gptkbp:party gptkb:United_National_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:William_Gopallawa
gptkbp:president gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Sri_Lanka
1977-07-23
1978-02-04
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Braemar,_Colombo
gptkbp:restingPlace Jayewardene family burial ground, Colombo
gptkbp:signature J. R. Jayewardene signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elina_Jayewardene
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Ranasinghe_Premadasa
gptkbp:termEnd 1989-01-02
gptkbp:termStart 1978-02-04
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_College_Colombo
gptkb:Sri_Lanka_Law_College
gptkb:Sri_Lanka_Accord
gptkb:Ceylon_Civil_Service
gptkb:Royal_College
gptkb:Sirimavo_Bandaranaike
gptkb:Sri_Lankan_government_(historical)
gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Civil_War
gptkb:University_of_Ceylon
gptkb:Royal_College,_Colombo
gptkb:United_National_Party
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label J. R. Jayewardene