Sir Don Stephen Senanayake

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Don_Stephen_Senanayake

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person politician
gptkbp:birthDate	1884-10-20
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Botale,_British_Ceylon
gptkbp:child	gptkb:Dudley_Senanayake
gptkbp:deathDate	1952-03-22
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Colombo,_Ceylon
gptkbp:education	gptkb:S._Thomas'_College,_Mutwal
gptkbp:ethnicity	gptkb:Sinhalese
gptkbp:father	gptkb:Don_Spater_Senanayake
gptkbp:honor	gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:honorificPrefix	Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sir Don Stephen Senanayake
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Gal_Oya_scheme agricultural reforms establishing the United National Party
gptkbp:monarchDuringTerm	gptkb:Elizabeth_II gptkb:George_VI
gptkbp:mother	gptkb:Dona_Catherina_Elizabeth_Perera_Gunasekera_Senanayake
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:Sri_Lankan
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Father_of_the_Nation_(Sri_Lanka) leading Sri Lanka to independence
gptkbp:occupation	botanist politician
gptkbp:parliamentaryConstituency	gptkb:Negombo gptkb:Kelaniya gptkb:Jaffna gptkb:Kandy gptkb:Puttalam gptkb:Matara gptkb:Minuwangoda gptkb:Mirigama gptkb:Colombo gptkb:Gampaha gptkb:Kalutara gptkb:Monaragala gptkb:Badulla gptkb:Hambantota gptkb:Matale gptkb:Nuwara_Eliya gptkb:Galle gptkb:Ampara gptkb:Anuradhapura gptkb:Batticaloa gptkb:Dambadeniya gptkb:Kotte gptkb:Kurunegala gptkb:Polonnaruwa gptkb:Ratnapura gptkb:Trincomalee gptkb:Kegalle gptkb:Vanni
gptkbp:party	gptkb:United_National_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld	Prime Minister of Ceylon
gptkbp:predecessor	position established
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:restingPlace	gptkb:Senanayake_Samadhi,_Independence_Square,_Colombo
gptkbp:signature	Sir Don Stephen Senanayake signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Molly_Dunuwila
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Dudley_Senanayake
gptkbp:termEnd	1952-03-22
gptkbp:termStart	1947-09-24
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ceylon_National_Congress
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7