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May 5, 2024 · Facts Info. 1.72K subscribers. Subscribed. 0. No views 1 minute ago. President Reagan expressed his delight in hosting President J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka and highlighted the strong...
May 11, 2024 · APR 13, 2024. EP123: J.R. Jayewardene. J.R. Jayewardene served as prime minister and then president of Sri Lanka between 1977 and 1989. Sri Lankan history, politics and society is dominated by tensions between two ethnic groups. Ethnic divisions are intrinsic to countless countries, including many covered on this podcast before.
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May 15, 2024 · As the violence continued, he organized a peace march in the south of the island that was stopped after only a few miles on the order of the president at the time, J. R. Jayewardene. Mr....
1 day ago · Jayewardene had secured over 52% of the vote in the Presidential election held in October that year and opted to hold a referendum in December, 1982 to extend the term of the existing Parliament. He was backed by UNP MPs who enjoyed an absolute majority in the House at the time. Take the case of the current President in comparison.
May 23, 2024 · The first Executive President of Sri Lanka J.R. Jayewardene (JRJ) groomed Lalith Athulathmudali and Gamini Dissanayake for either one of them to take over the reins as president after him....
3 days ago · However, all of them were released in 1977 by new Prime Minister J. R. Jayewardene after the UNP won the general elections after running on a platform of amnesty for those prosecuted by the infamous Criminal Justice Commission.
1 day ago · The Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord, signed in Colombo on July 29, 1987, between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J R Jayewardene, was expected to resolve the Sri Lankan Civil War by enabling the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka.
