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...

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

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;...

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

"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...

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)...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

uncle, Don Richard Wijewardena, was a press baron, and his cousin J. R. Jayewardene became the second President of Sri Lanka, serving from 1978 to 1989...

Silva joined JVP in 1979 at age 17, after its ban had been lifted by J. R. Jayewardene and the party entered mainstream politics following its failed 1971...

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

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

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...

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...

between the Tamil majority regions of the north and east. President J. R. Jayewardene publicly announced that his government planned to settle Sinhalese...

supported in his efforts by H. W. Amarasuriya, Dudley Senanayake, J. R. Jayewardene, Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, Dr. N. M. Perera and others. There was also...

his noble behavior. On 20 August 1986 former Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene declared Raja as a national treasure, in recognition of his valuable...

party platform of secession from Sri Lanka. After the 1977 riots the J.R. Jayewardene government made one concession to the Tamil population; it lifted the...