Junius Richard Jayewardene (Sinhala: ජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන; Tamil: ஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா; 17 September 1906 – 1 November 1996), commonly abbreviated...

J. R. Jayewardene Centre is an archive, library, and museum in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is the official institute of the first executive President of Sri...

second President of Sri Lanka, J. R. Jayewardene and was the First Lady of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1988. Elina Jayewardene was known for her social work;...

"Ravi" Vimal Jayewardene (22 April 1936 – 2 April 2017) was a Sri Lankan aviator and sports shooter. He was the son of President J. R. Jayewardene and served...

empowered with executive powers by the 1978 Constitution introduced by J. R. Jayewardene. Parties   Independent (1)   United National Party (4)   Sri Lanka...

highest civilian award, the Sri Lankabhimanya in 1986 by President J. R. Jayewardene. Ranasinghe Premadasa was born on 23 June 1924 at Dias Place, Colombo...

Wilfred Jayewardene, KC (1874–1932), Justice of the Supreme Court + Agnes Helen Don Philip Wijewardene (sister of D. R. Wijewardena) J. R. Jayewardene (1906–1996)...

that their race was targeted for annihilation. The then President J. R. Jayewardene admitted that members of his party had encouraged the violence against...

presidential election, held on 20 October 1982. Incumbent president J. R. Jayewardene of the governing United National Party was re-elected, receiving 53%...

football player J. R. Smith (born 1985), American basketball player Jeremy Roenick (born 1970), American ice hockey player J. R. Jayewardene (1906–1996),...

The Jayewardene cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by Prime Minister (later President) J. R. Jayewardene between 1977 and 1989. It was...

negotiator and a leader among the Non-Aligned Nations. Losing against J. R. Jayewardene in a colossal landslide in the 1977 election and as the UNP government...

Ceylonese lawyer and politician Hector Wilfred Jayewardene (1916–1990), Sri Lankan lawyer J. R. Jayewardene (1906–1996), Sri Lankan politician Jayalath Jayawardena...

baby elephant given to Ronald Reagan by the president of Sri Lanka, J. R. Jayewardene, as a state gift. Jayathu was an Asian elephant born sometime in 1983...

civil servant, author and a publisher. As the Secretary to President J. R. Jayewardene, Mapitigama was one of the highest ranking public servants in the...

of External Affairs and Defence until 1977, when the government of J. R. Jayewardene split the ministry into two ministries, forming the Ministry of Defence...

Silva joined JVP in 1978 at age 22, after its ban had been lifted by J. R. Jayewardene and the party entered mainstream politics following its failed 1971...

Braemar was the principal adulthood home of J. R. Jayewardene, former President of Sri Lanka. Jayewardene and his wife Elina built it in 1938 located...

between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene. The accord was expected to resolve the Sri Lankan Civil War by enabling...

1982, the new Parliamentary Complex was declared open by President J. R. Jayewardene. List of parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka Committee On Public...

having been appointed in December 1939 as its joint secretary with J. R. Jayewardene, another young lawyer who had been elected to the Colombo Municipal...

was inducted into Sri Lanka on the request of Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene under the terms of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord. The force was initially...

Turnout Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes % 1982 J. R. Jayewardene UNP 3,450,811 52.91% Hector Kobbekaduwa SLFP 2,548,438 39.07% 522...

Party has favoured links with the East. Sri Lankan Finance Minister J. R. Jayewardene, together with then Australian Foreign Minister Sir Percy Spencer...

United National Party won a 5⁄6 majority to form a government under J. R. Jayewardene. Later Jayawardane introduced a new constitution to Sri Lanka and...

abrogate the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord negotiated by outgoing president J. R. Jayewardene and would ask Indian troops to leave the country. Voting was not held...

president of Sri Lanka. When J. R. Jayewardene became the next president, his wife was known as Lady Elina Jayewardene during and after his presidency...

at the University College, Colombo where he was a contemporary of J. R. Jayewardene. Perera graduated with a BSc degree from the University of London...

Ceylon. The JVP entered democratic politics in 1977 when President J. R. Jayewardene released JVP leader Rohana Wijeweera from prison. Wijeweera contested...

the idea of launching a television service resurfaced. President J. R. Jayewardene, in early 1978, held talks with technicians of the Japanese Nippon...