Sri Lanka
Geography
of Sri Lanka. The main island the island nation of Sri Lanka,An island in the
Indian Ocean off the southeast tip of India, itself known as Sri Lanka earlier
called Ceylon, Lanka-dvipa, Simhala-dvipa, southeast of the Indian
subcontinent, in a strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes.The
formation is also known as Rama's Bridge, as according to Hindu mythology, it
was constructed during the rule of Lord Rama. It has a total area of 65,610
km², with 64,740 km² of land and 870 km² of water. Its coastline is 1,340 km
long. Sri Lanka's climate includes tropical monsoons: the northeast monsoon
December to March, and the southwest monsoon June to October
1st President of Sri Lanka
Name:
William Gopallawa
As
a president:22 May 1972 to 4 Feb 1978
Party:Independent
Education:
St.Anthony’s College, Kandy,Buddhist English School, Matale , the Ceylon Law
College, Colombo
Served
as the last Governor-General of Ceylon and the first (non-executive) President
when Ceylon declared itself a republic in 1972, and changed its name to Sri
Lanka.
Member
of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)
LLD
( Honoris Causa ) from the University of
Ceylon in 1962
2nd President of Sri Lanka
Name:
Junius Richard Jayewardene
As
a president:4 Febr1978 to 2 Jan 1989
Party:
UNP(United National Party)
Education:
University College, Colombo, Colombo Law
College,
Introduced
the Executive Presidency in 1978, and assumed the position of President of Sri
Lanka.
3rd
President of Sri Lanka
Name:
Ranasinghe Premadasa
As
a president:2 Jan1989 to 1 May 1993
Party:UNP
Education:St.
Lorenz’s College, Joseph’s College, Colombo,
Was
assassinated during a May Day rally, by an LTTE suicide bomber.
He was the architect of many innovative
development schemes, such as, the Gam Udawa, Presidential Mobile Service, 200
Garment Factories programme and so on.
4th President of Sri Lanka
Name:Dingiri
Banda Wijetunga
As
a president:1 May 1993 to12 Nov 1994
Party:UNP
Education:
St. Andrew's College, Gampola
Prime
Minister at the time of Ranasinghe Premadasa's assassination by LTTE. Appointed
as acting president and continued in that capacity until 7 May 1993 when he was
elected by Parliament to the office of President under Article 40 of the
Constitution.
5th
President of Sri Lanka
Name: Chandrika Kumaratunga
As a president:2 Nov1994 to19 Nov2005
Party:Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Education:St Bridget's Convent, Colombo, and at
the Aquinas University College Colombo ,University of Paris
The first non UNP President of the country.
Appointed her mother, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, to succeed her as Prime Minister.
Victim of multiple assassination attempts by LTTE, which were all unsuccessful.
6th
President of Sri Lanka
Name: Mahinda Rajapaksa
As a president:19 Nov2005 to9 Jan2015
Party:Sri Lanka Freedom
Education:
Ended the 25-year-long Sri Lankan Civil War and
LTTE insurgency in the country. Alleged war crimes during the final stages of
the Sri Lankan Civil War, Feud with Sarath Fonseka, Eighteenth Amendment to the
Sri Lankan Constitution, Impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake, Defeated in 2015
elections.
7th
President of Sri Lanka
Name: Maithripala Sirisena
As a president:9 Jan 2015 to present
Party:Sri Lanka Freedom
Education:Thopawewa Maha Vidyalaya
and Royal College, Polonnaruwa
Reinstated Shirani Bandaranayake as Chief
Justice. Promoted Sarath Fonseka to the rank of Field Marshal. Reset foreign
relations with India and the United States. Appointed new governors to each
provincial council.
Living former Presidents
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