Ruler · 1906 – 1996

J. R. Jayewardene

Lived 1906 – 1996; politician, diplomat. President of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka), 1978 – 1989.

Wikidata's English label: Junius Richard Jayewardene.

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

Lived: 1906 – 1996; 90 years
In office: 11 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Sri Lanka
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka · the 2nd of 10 dated reigns · 1972 – 2024

William Gopallawa1972 – 1978

J. R. Jayewardene1978 – 1989

Ranasinghe Premadasa1989 – 1993

D. B. Wijetunga1993 – 1994

Chandrika Kumaratunga1994 – 2005

5 after

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Reigned 1978 – 1989 · 11 years · came to it aged 72

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

Jayewardene left office and retired from politics in 1989 after the conclusion of his second term as president at the age of 82; after his successor Ranasinghe Premadasa was formally inaugurated on 2 January 1989.

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