Felix Dias Bandaranaike
Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike ( Sinhalese ෆෙලික්ස් ඩයස් බණඩාරනායක ; * November 5, 1930 in Colombo ; † June 26, 1985 ibid) was a Sri Lankan politician of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).
Life
Felix Dias Bandaranaike came from the well-known Sri Lankan family Bandaranaike . His grandfather Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike I and his father Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike II were both judges at the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka , while his older half-brother eginald Walter Michael "Mickey" Dias Bandaranaike was a lawyer, fellow and professor at Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge . His great-uncle Solomon Dias Bandaranaike was Maha Mudaliyar, between 1895 and 1928, the chief chief of the local chiefs and at the same time the aide-de-camp of the British governor of Ceylon , while his son, his uncle SWRD Bandaranaike and his daughter-in-law and SWRD Bandaranaike's wife Sirimavo were both Prime Minister Bandaranaike were. Their daughter, his cousin Chandrika Kumaratunga was also prime minister for a short time between August and November 1994 and then president from 1994 to 2004 , while his cousin and brother of Chandrika Kumaratunga, Anura Bandaranaike , was speaker of parliament between 2000 and 2001 and for a few months in 2005 Foreign Minister was.
Felix Dias Bandaranaike himself completed a law degree at the University of Ceylon and Ceylon Law College after attending the Royal College Colombo, founded in 1835, and began working as a lawyer after completing his studies . After the murder of his uncle SWRD Bandaranaike on September 26, 1959, he began his political engagement in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), which was founded by him in 1951 . In the election in March 1960 he was elected member of parliament for the first time and represented the constituency of Dompe until the 1977 election . In the first government of his aunt Sirimavo Bandaranaike, he served between July 21, 1960 and August 24, 1962 for the first time as finance minister and, after a cabinet reshuffle, from 1962 to 1963 as minister without portfolio. After another cabinet reshuffle, he served as Minister for Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives between 1963 and 1964 and most recently as Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries from 1964 to March 1965.
After his aunt Sirimavo Bandaranaike formed their second government on May 29, 1970, Felix Dias Bandaranaike was appointed Minister of Public Administration and Local Government and Minister of the Interior and held this office until September 3, 1975. At the same time he served as Minister of Justice between 1972 and July 1977. After another cabinet reshuffle, he was again Minister of Finance between September 3, 1975 and May 18, 1977.
Web links
- Entry on the homepage of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Entry in rulers.org
- Democracy and co-existence in a pluralistic society. Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike Memorial Oration delivered by Anura Bandaranaike . In: Sri Lanka Daily News, November 5, 2001
Individual evidence
- ↑ SWRD Bandaranaike in rulers.org
- ↑ Sirimavo Bandaranaike in rulers.org
- ↑ Sirimavo Bandaranaike in rulers.org
- ↑ Anura Bandaranaike in rulers.org
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| SURNAME | Bandaranaike, Felix Dias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bandaranaike, Felix Reginald Dias (full name); ෆෙලික්ස් ඩයස් බණඩාරනායක (Sinhala) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sri Lankan politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th November 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Colombo |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1985 |
| Place of death | Colombo |