Ruler · 1916 – 2008

D. B. Wijetunga

Lived 1916 – 2008; politician. President of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka), 1993 – 1994.

Wikidata's English label: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1916 – 2008; 92 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Sri Lanka
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka · the 4th of 10 dated reigns · 1972 – 2024

William Gopallawa1972 – 1978

J. R. Jayewardene1978 – 1989

Ranasinghe Premadasa1989 – 1993

D. B. Wijetunga1993 – 1994

Chandrika Kumaratunga1994 – 2005

Mahinda Rajapaksa2005 – 2015

Maithripala Sirisena2015 – 2019

3 after

killed, executed or dead in battleleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1993 – 1994 · 1 year · came to it aged 77

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1994; they died in 2008

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