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S. D. R. Jayaratne
Silva Dedinuni Robert Jayaratne (1931 - 2011) was a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the Deputy minister (Sri Lanka), Deputy Minister of Fisheries and was a Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka), Member of Parliament from the Chilaw Electoral District, Chilaw. He first contested unsuccessfully in the March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1960 March general elections and then contested from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1960 July general elections in the Chilaw Electoral District, Chilaw electorate and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka, House of Representatives defeating W. J. C. Munasinha. He was defeated by Shirley Corea in the 1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1965 general elections, was able to be elected in the 1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1970 general elections defeating Shirley Corea. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Fisheries by Prime Minister Sirma Bandaranaike and became Minister of Fisheries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with India and Maldives. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital, and Colombo is its largest city and financial centre. Sri Lanka has a population of around 22 million (2020) and is a multinational state, home to diverse cultures, languages, and ethnicities. The Sinhalese are the majority of the nation's population. The Tamils, who are a large minority group, have also played an influential role in the island's history. Other long established groups include the Moors, the Burghers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
