Rohana Wijeweera
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රෝහන විජෙවීර றோகண விஜயவீர |
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| 1st Leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | |
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In office 14 May 1965 – 13 November 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Saman Piyasiri Fernando |
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Patabendi Don Nandasiri Wijeweera 14 July 1943 Kottegoda, Matara, British Ceylon |
| Died | 13 November 1989 (aged 46) Borella, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna People's Liberation Front |
| Education | Goda Uda Government Senior School Dharmasoka College |
| Alma mater | Lumumba University |
| Occupation | Politician |
රෝහන විජෙවීර
Patabendi Don Nandasiri Wijeweera (Sinhalese: පටබැඳි දොන් නන්දසිරි විජෙවීර; 14 July 1943 – 13 November 1989) known as Rohana Wijeweera, was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician, rebel and the founding leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. Wijeweera led the party in two unsuccessful insurrections in Sri Lanka, in 1971 and 1987 to 1989.
Wijeweera was born on 14 July 1943 (Bastille Day) to Patabendi Don Andris Wijeweera and Nasi Nona Wickramakalutota who lived in Kottegoda, a coastal fishing village situated in southern Sri Lanka and belonged to the Karava caste hierarchy. The eldest in the family, he had a younger brother Ananda and a younger sister Chitranie.
His father was an active member of Ceylon Communist Party (pro-Soviet wing) and very close to Dr. S. A. Wickramasinghe. He was disabled after an attack by thugs believed to be members of an opposing political party during the 1947 Parliamentary election campaign for the candidate Premalal Kumarasiri. He died in 1965.
Wijeweera had his primary education at Goda Uda Government School in Kottegoda from 1947 to 1953. In 1954 he entered Goda Uda Government Senior School to obtain the secondary education and was there until mid-1959. He entered Ambalangoda Dharmashoka College in July 1959 to study SSC examination.
In September 1960 he went to the Soviet Union and entered Lumumba University to study medicine. He completed the Russian language examination within seven and a half months, obtaining a distinction, and spent his holidays travelling through the USSR. He also worked during this time as an agricultural worker in the Moldavian Republic. He worked through his medical studies well up to third year and also obtained a distinction in political economics in 1963. In late 1963 he became ill and received medical treatment from a hospital in Moscow, but finally requested a full academic term of medical leave and returned to Ceylon. At that time the Communist Party of Ceylon was divided into two groups which were pro-Chinese and pro-Soviet. He did not get visa to return to the USSR as he joined the pro-Chinese group.
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