Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924-1993) was a Sri Lankan politician, a United National Party member of parliament from 1960, prime minister from 1978, and president from 1988, having gained popularity through overseeing a major housebuilding and poverty-alleviation programme.
Short Biography:
From a slum background and a member of the dhobi (laundryworkers') caste, Premadasa was elected deputy mayor of Colombo in 1955. He served successively as minister of local government from 1968, UNP Chief Whip from 1970, and leader of the House from 1977, before being appointed prime minister.
He was elected president in December 1988. He opposed the 1987 Indo-Sri-Lankan peace-keeping agreement aimed at solving the Tamil crisis.
Why is Ranasinghe Premadasa famous?
Ranasinghe Premadasa was the President of Sri Lanka from 1989 to 1993.
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