J. R. Jayewardene
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Junius Richard Jayewardene, commonly referred to by his initials JR, was a Sri Lankan lawyer, and statesman who served as prime minister of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1978 and as the second president of S
Jayewardene in 1984
J. R. with his parents and siblings.
The first Cabinet of Ministers of Ceylon
J. R. Jayewardene in the 1970s
William Gopallawa
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William Gopallawa was a Sri Lankan politician and statesman who served as the last Governor-General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972. That year, Ceylon became a republic, and changed its name to Sri Lanka;
J. R. Jayewardene
…to parliament from the Colombo West Electoral District, Jayewardene was sowrn in as Prime Minister and invited to form a new government by President William Gopallawa on 23 July 1977. Shortly after becoming Prime Minister, drafted the Second Amendment to the Constitution of 1972 to make the presidency an executive…
Gopallawa in 1961
Ambassador William Gopallawa meets with President of the United States John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office of the White House, 7 September 1961
President William Gopallawa and First Lady Seela Gopallawa with Diyawadana Nilame Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne at the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy