Dingiri Banda Wijetunge
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His Excellency Dingiri Banda Wijetunga |
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| 4th President of Sri Lanka | |
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In office 1 May 1993 – 12 November 1994 |
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| Prime Minister |
Ranil Wickremasinghe Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Preceded by | Ranasinghe Premadasa |
| Succeeded by | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Prime Minister of Sri Lanka | |
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In office 6 March 1989 – 1 May 1993 |
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| President | Ranasinghe Premadasa |
| Preceded by | Ranasinghe Premadasa |
| Succeeded by | Ranil Wickremasinghe |
| Leader of the United National Party | |
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In office 7 May 1993 – 12 November 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Ranasinghe Premadasa |
| Succeeded by | Ranil Wickremasinghe |
| Personal details | |
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15 February 1916 Udunuwara, British Ceylon (now in Sri Lanka) |
| Died | 21 September 2008 (aged 92) Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Sri Lankabhimanya Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (Sinhalese: ඩිංගිරි බණ්ඩා විජේතුංග,Tamil: டிங்கிரி பண்ட விஜேதுங்க; 15 February 1916 – 21 September 2008) was the fourth President of Sri Lanka from 1 May 1993 to 12 November 1994, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 3 March 1989 to 7 May 1993 and the Governor of North Western province, Sri Lanka from 1988 to 1989. He was awarded Sri Lanka's most highest award to a civilian Sri Lankabhimanya in 1993 by President Ranasinghe Premadasa
Wijetunga was born on 15 February 1916 to late Mr Delgahapitiya Arachchila Wijetunga Mudiyanselage Mudiyanse & Late Mrs Manamperi Mudiyanselage Palingumanike Manamperi as the eldest in a middle class Sinhala Buddhist family living on the outskirts of the then Udunuwara Parliamentary seat in the Kandy District of the Central Province in Sri Lanka.He completed his primary education at Waligalla CC College thereafter moved on to St Andrew's College Gampola,
He joined Ceylon Police in 1939 and served in Borella,Fort and Maradana and left service in 1942.
Subsequently he joined the Co-operative Department as an Inspector thereafter from 1947 to 1959 he acted as the private secretary to Mr. Abeyratne Ratnayaka the first Cabinet Minister of Food, Co-operatives and Home Affairs in independent Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the last President of the Senate of Ceylon, a Member of Parliament & State Council.
He closely associated with veteran politicians like George E. de Silva and A. Ratnayaka. A. Ratnayake who was then Minister of Food and Co-operatives in the D.S. Senanayake Cabinet took him as his Private Secretary.
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