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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. He did not re-enter politics during his retirement even after the assassination of Premadasa in 1993.
Nov 2, 1996 · J. R. Jayewardene, a former President of Sri Lanka who modernized and reshaped the country politically and was later criticized for his handling of ethnic tensions at its most critical moments,...
After two hectic terms as Executive President of Sri Lanka President Jayewardene finally retired on 1st January 1989. He was 82 years old. Throughout a political career spanning half a century, he was a politician par excellence, a charismatic leader and a venerated intermediary. He was a respected statesman who never resorted to dictatorship.
J.R. Jayewardene was a lawyer and public official who served as president of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989. The son of a Supreme Court judge, Jayewardene graduated from Ceylon Law College in Colombo in 1932 and practiced as a barrister until 1943.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 11, 2021 · However, he retired at the age of 84 even though he was healthy. Later, J R Jayewardene died on the 1st of November 1996 in a private hospital after suffering from colorectal cancer (CRC). Legacy of J R Jayewardene
Sep 24, 2023 · The first time in 35 years after President Jayewardene retired from office, someone politically and personally close to him happens to be Sri Lanka’s Executive President. President Jayewardene was not only the founding father of the executive presidency, but also the political godfather and avuncular mentor of Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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Dec 9, 2020 · By far the best biography of a Sri Lankan politician, the two volume story of JR Jayewardene (1906-1989, when he retired from public life) is essential reading for a student of Sri Lankan politics; the hopeful decades before independence and the floundering years since.
