Felix Dias Bandaranaike, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Felix Dias Bandaranaike

Sri Lankan politician

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1930

Place of Birth: Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Date of Death: 26-Jun-1985

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Felix Dias Bandaranaike (Sinhala:???????? ???? ?????????) (5 November 1930 – 26 June 1985) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Cabinet Minister of Finance, Parliamentary Secretary for the Prime Minister and Defence and External Affairs (de facto foreign minister) (1960–1965) and Cabinet Minister of Justice (1970–77) in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mrs.Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
He was a very popular person about the anti-corruption campaign and also known as the "virtual leader of the state" during the SLFP governments after the death of Prime minister S.W.R.D.
Bandaranaike.
He was very active in defeating two major coups against the government, one is 1962 attempted military coup and JVP's 1971 JVP Insurrection.