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
Fidel Castro
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011. He served as prime minister from 1959 to 1976, president from 1976 to 2008,
J. R. Jayewardene
…A. Amirthalingam 6th Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement In office 4 February 1978 – 9 September 1979 Preceded by William Gopallawa Succeeded by Fidel Castro Minister of Finance In office 24 April 1960 – 20 July 1960 Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake Preceded by Oliver Goonetilleke Succeeded by Stanley de…
Castro in 1979
Fidel's parents, Ángel Castro y Argiz and Lina Ruz González
Castro, second from left, at Colegio de Belén, Havana, 1943
General Fulgencio Batista—left, with US Army Chief of Staff Malin Craig, in Washington D.C. in 1938—whose presidency Castro intended to overthrow.