Sir John Lionel Kotelawala

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_John_Lionel_Kotelawala
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
politician
gptkbp:birthDate 1897-04-04
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ceylon
gptkbp:deathDate 1980-10-02
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Colombo,_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:education gptkb:Christ's_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:Royal_College,_Colombo
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir John Lionel Kotelawala
gptkbp:knighted gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Ceylon
gptkbp:militaryRank Colonel
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Sri_Lankan
gptkbp:notableWork Kotelawala Defence Academy (named after him)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:soldier
politician
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Alice_Elisabeth_Kotelawala
gptkb:John_Kotelawala_Sr.
gptkbp:party gptkb:United_National_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Dudley_Senanayake
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Ceylon
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:signature John Kotelawala signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse none
gptkbp:successor gptkb:S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike
gptkbp:termEnd 1956-04-12
gptkbp:termStart 1953-10-12
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Kotelawala
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6