Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake ( Sinhalese රත්නසිරි වික්‍රමනායක , Tamil இரத்தினசிறி விக்கிரமநாயக்க ; * May 5, 1933 ; † December 27, 2016 ) was a politician of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). He was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2001 and 2005 to 2010 .

Wickremanayake was appointed Prime Minister by President Chandrika Kumaratunga after the 2000 general election and held this post until the 2001 general election . After the Sri Lanka Freedom Party won the 2004 elections , he became Minister for Buddhist Affairs, Security and Justice under Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa . After Rajapaksa won the presidential election in 2005 and moved to the presidency, Wickremanayake succeeded him in the office of prime minister and served there until 2010.

Wickremanayake pursued a hard line towards the LTTE and rejected a Tamil state as well as an autonomy of the northern province . He made negotiations with the LTTE conditional on the cessation of their terrorist activities.

Web links

Commons : Ratnasiri Wickremanayake - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Former Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake passed away . Colombo Gazette, December 27, 2016, accessed December 27, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Wickremanayake, Ratnasiri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Sri Lankan politician, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
DATE OF BIRTH	May 5, 1933
DATE OF DEATH	December 27, 2016

[1] Former Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake passed away . Colombo Gazette, December 27, 2016, accessed December 27, 2016.