Ranasinghe Premadasa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ranasinghe Premadasa

Sri Lankan politician

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1924

Place of Birth: Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Date of Death: 01-May-1993

Profession: politician

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa (Sinhala: ?????? ?????????,Tamil: ??????? ?????????; 23 June 1924 – 1 May 1993) was the third President of Sri Lanka from 2 January 1989 to 1 May 1993.
Before that, he served as the Prime Minister in the government headed by J.
R.
Jayewardene from 6 February 1978 to 1 January 1989.
He was awarded Sri Lanka's highest award to a civilian Sri Lankabhimanya in 1986 by President Junius Richard Jayewardene, the first to receive in Sri Lankan history.
He was assassinated in Colombo in a suicide bombing by the LTTE.