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	Asia Times
		This victory rode against the sympathy wave of Premadasa's demise, and stood in good stead for her to win the premiership in the 1994 parliamentary general elections, and in the subsequent presidential election that was too held in the same year.
		Premadasa was born in Colombo at Dias Place, Keselwatte, in the San Sebastian municipal ward of the Colombo Municipality, on June 23, 1924.
		Ranasinghe Premadasa, according to these commissions, was indirectly responsible for the murder of Vijaya Kumaratunga, and most of the evidence that was led at other commissions was to paint a picture of a megalomaniac that ruled Sri Lanka.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/DI28Df01.html (2864 words)

	Ranasinghe Premadasa - Wikipedia Mirror
		Ranasinghe Premadasa (June 23, 1924 - May 1, 1993) was the President of Sri Lanka from January 2, 1989 to May 1, 1993.
		Premadasa's supporters often point to the unostentatious life led by him in his simple residence away from his luxurious official residence, a man who perhaps travelled the least of any politicians at the helm.
		Ranasinghe Premadasa was brutally killed on May 1st, 1993 by a LTTE suicide bomber who had infiltrated into his inner circle by befriending his private valet Mohideen.
	www.wiki-mirror.us /index.php/Ranasinghe_Premadasa (445 words)

	Pious performances and violent practice
		Premadasa maintained close ties with the Buddhist Sangha, was seen performing Buddhist ritual frequently in public and made sure that his daily meditation and prayer practices were well publicised.
		In another tokenistic measure, Premadasa was the first head of state to visit Hindu, Muslim and Christian places of worship as well as the Buddhist relic of the Tooth upon his installation as President and at every anniversary since.
		Whether Premadasa himself was a megalomaniac convinced of his right to rule Lanka or was a obsessive and fundamentalist Buddhist or simply a shrewd politician is only secondary to the wider implications of his behaviour.
	www.sangam.org /BOOKS/Premadasa.htm (1088 words)

	Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Premadasa in the late 1960s that I realized the magnitude of the defeat our country has suffered in the decade since the assassination of President Premadasa.
		Its plight was symbolic of the rut Sri Lanka has fallen into since the death of President Premadasa, of the lack of concern about the fate of the country and the lives of the people displayed by the leaders who succeeded him.
		Reclaiming the Premadasa legacy and with it our future as a just and prospering nation would be the best way of honouring this great leader who dedicated his life for the advancement of his country and his people.
	www.sundayobserver.lk /2003/04/27/fea14.html (1076 words)

	Ranasinghe Premadasa Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ranasinghe Premadasa, the ninth prime minister and second president of Sri Lanka, was born on June 23, 1924, in Colombo.
		Premadasa took an active part in the freedom movement during the 1930's and was imprisoned several times.
		Recognizing Premadasa's commitment to grassroots political institutions, Dudley Senanayake, then the prime minister of the UNP government, nominated him as the parliamentary secretary to the minister of local government and to the minister of information and broadcasting in 1965.
	www.bookrags.com /Ranasinghe_Premadasa (1363 words)

	The Hindu : International : Inquiries into Premadasa, Dissanayake killings closed
		Ranasinghe Premadasa was assassinated on May Day, 1993 and Gamini Dissanayake in October 1994 by suspected LTTE suicide bombers.
		While the Premadasa assassination probe was dropped as the investigators told the court that "there was no evidence to indict any of the suspects," the Gamini Dissanayake case was "abandoned" as the "files had been lost," Sunday Times reported.
		In the Ranasinghe Premadasa case, a Magistrate discharged all 21 suspects who were on bail.
	www.hindu.com /2005/09/05/stories/2005090507041200.htm (257 words)

	Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Premadasa also believed that the benefits of the Mahaweli Project should have been generalized more and that all the small tanks in the dry zone should have been developed as a part of this program.
		Premadasa had his own very different approach to developmental issues; his notion of slum clearance is an example of this.
		Premadasa meant by slum clearance was improving the quality of life of slum dwellers by providing them with better housing and other basic facilities.
	www.sundayobserver.lk /2002/04/28/fea04.html (1727 words)

	Lankalovers.com - NEWS SITE
		Ranasinghe Premadasa was chosen as the United National Party candidate for the Presidential Elections in 1988.
		On his retirement Mr Ranasinghe Premadasa was sworn in as the Second Executive President of Sri lanka.
		The Fifth Leader of the United National Party, Mr Ranasinghe Premadasa was assassinated on the 01 of May 1993.
	www.lankalovers.com /whattheysay/p_unp.shtml (939 words)

	Asia Times: SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY Chapter 37: Talking peace
		Premadasa, even with his humble origin from Sri Lanka's lower classes, had had a successful political career, culminating in his elevation to the highest office in the country, where national power had traditionally been the preserve of dynastic elites.
		Ranasinghe Premadasa was born on June 23, 1924, into a working-class Sinhalese family, from the slums of Colombo, and his formal education ended with Grade 10.
		Premadasa successfully projected himself as a member of the country's impoverished majority and a friend of the working man. It was an image he nurtured, along with his ties to the powerful Buddhist clergy.
	www.atimes.com /ind-pak/DD27Df01.html (9245 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		President Premadasa was an exemplary administrator, and the officers of the administrative service were those who come in contact in their official capacity with the members of the public.
		Premadasa then requested the Public Servants to think of their obligations to the government, to the society at large and to the people they are bound to serve.
		Premadasa says this would see to it that the people concerned were able to stand on their own feet.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/04/30/fea04.html (1039 words)

	Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Premadasa came from Colombo Central, a place that was marginalised and perhaps, even feared by the elite.
		Premadasa knew the importance of unity among people of different ethnic and religious groups, he also knew the dangers of division along ethnic and religious lines.
		As Premadasa himself said when he accepted the presidential nomination of the UNP in 1988, he wanted to be the voice of the voiceless millions and the instrument of their liberation.
	www.sundayobserver.lk /2004/06/20/fea02.html (982 words)

	Premadasa armed LTTE: Panel
		According to the commission, besides the fact that Kobbekaduwa was gaining in popularity and Premadasa feared him as a potential rival, he was also apprehensive that the doughty soldier was planning to expose his 1990 pact with the Tigers which led to disastrous consequences for Sri Lanka.
		Premadasa's relationship with the LTTE from the time he became President in early 1989 till the breakout of Eelam War II in 1990 with the departure of the IPKF, has been dealt with at length by the commission, which was appointed in 1994 by President ChandrikaKumaratunga.
		Premadasa explained to a shocked Attygalla that he had the LTTE's assurance that these would not be used against the Sri Lankan forces.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980418/10850534.html (728 words)

	Sri Lanka Introduction - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		Premadasa came instead from more humble origins and was viewed by many Sri Lankans as more accessible than his predecessor, Junius Richard (J.R.) Jayewardene, under whom he had served as prime minister for ten years.
		Six months later, Premadasa was praised by both the Tamils and the Sinhalese for his unyielding opposition to the presence of the Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF), a military contingent sent into Sri Lanka in 1987 after an agreement between former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and Jayewardene.
		Premadasa was forced to take urgent action, and he reimposed a national state of emergency, giving his security forces new and draconian powers of enforcement.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/sri_lanka/sri_lanka_history_introduction.html (5095 words)

	Ranasinghe Premadasa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ranasinghe Premadasa came from a family of modest means and belonged to the Hinna caste of the Sinhalese.
		Premadasa met with less success in dealing with Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
		Sajith Premadasa, his son, is the MP for Hambantota.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa (624 words)

	Reincarnations
		A two-year old boy from Sri Lanka has sparked off a bizarre controversy by supposedly claiming to be the reincarnation of slain president Ranasinghe Premadasa.
		A controversy is raging over Sampath's supposed claim that he is the reincarnation of President Ranasinghe Premadasa, who was assassinated in 1993 by a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber.
		Sampath had apparently told his parents that he was Premadasa and that his wife's name was Hema, which, incidentally, is the name of the President's wife.
	www.angelfire.com /md/portaloflife/reincarnation.html (393 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		President Premadasa's strategies were derived from his rich and varied experiences as a committed social worker, a hardened politician, and an astute strategist and most of all from being a self-made man through a lifetime of disciplined hard work.
		Premadasa continues: I think there is a wide spread realisation among the Sinhala people that their country belongs to all of the people who comprise Sri Lankan society.
		Premadasa continues, let them not forget that the dead and the living have been alike, often the helpless victims of forces far beyond their capacity to control.
	www.dailynews.lk /2003/05/01/fea03.html (6398 words)

	Son disowns Premadasa's anti-India approach
		The politician-son of Ranasinghe Premadasa, the Sri Lankan president who ordered Indian troops out of the island in 1989 sparking a diplomatic row, says he is keen to develop excellent ties with New Delhi.
		The 39-year-old MP chose words carefully when he was asked about his father's demand made in 1989 asking Indian troops trying to disarm the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the island's war-hit northeast to go home, saying Sri Lankans were capable of resolving their differences themselves.
		The Premadasa administration also provided arms and ammunition to the LTTE to take on Indian soldiers, the last of whom left Sri Lanka in March 1990.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Asia/20061001/466873.html (594 words)

	Print news - IPS Inter Press Service
		Many seem to be turning their eyes upon Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sri Lanka's second executive president who died 12 years ago when he was assassinated by a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber on May 1, 1993, while taking part in an International Labour Day procession in the capital.
		Premadasa's image has witnessed a revival in the past two months, in the midst of a lethargic tsunami reconstruction effort by the incumbent government.
		In fact Premadasa's lasting legacy has been the housing programme he initiated from the time he was appointed prime minister in 1978.
	www.ipsnews.net /print.asp?idnews=28629 (1006 words)

	South Asian Media Net
		In 1985 at the age of 72 M. Abu was confined to his bed because of his ill health, the former President R. Premadasa in the capacity of Prime Minister of Sri Lanka visited M. Aboobakr’s residence at 153, Veluvana Mawatha, Dematagoda and chatted for an hour.
		This is a little present for you from the Colombo Central UNP organisation said honourable Premadasa as he pressed the envelope into his old friend’s hands before he said good bye.
		The first Sri lanka head of state to become the chairman of the SAARC was Mr Ranasinghe Premadasa.
	www.southasianmedia.net /profile/srilanka/srilanka_leadingpersonalities.cfm (2745 words)

	The Sunday Times On The Web - Plus
		Premadasa when his initial attempts failed at arriving at a peaceful solution with JVP even after offering 3 portfolios was compelled to meet force with force and though many lives were lost in the process the country was saved.
		Premadasa was not known as an English speaker earlier in life though his Sinhala was a treat to listen to.
		Premadasa was unruffled and proceeded to deliver his Presidential address though keeping his mouth close to the microphone so that only his voice was carried to the packed House and Galleries.
	lakdiva.org /suntimes/970615/plus3.html (1839 words)

	Remembering President Ranasinghe Premadasa
		Premadasa for over 25 years, even as I tumbled out of bed I had no doubt in my mind who could be calling me at that time.
		President Premadasa and all those who were around him at that moment had perished in the explosion.
		It became clear to President Jayewardene that Premadasa was indeed the front runner, as under the prevailing unrest in the country, that only a person with the perseverance, industry and commitment of Premadasa could stand a chance at elections.
	www.rootsweb.com /~lkawgw/rprema.html (3831 words)

	Premadasa Memorial Lecture - Wijesinha \| The Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
		Given that Mr Premadasa headed what was to all intents and purposes a duly elected government, and that he had offered a ceasefire which was turned down, I am not quite sure what else he could have done except offer the solution provided by Mr Wijeratne.
		But in fairness to Mr Premadasa it should be recognized that he took the first opportunity he could to disband the death squads which had by the end of 1989 taken on a life of their own.
		Mr Premadasa on the contrary understood the fundamental fact that one of the main causes of separatism was the lack of development at the periphery, in the Tamil as well as the Sinhala regions.
	www.liberalparty-srilanka.org /article-premadasa.htm (6368 words)

	Former Presidents
		Mr D B Wijetunga, who was Prime Minister at the time of President Premadasa's assassination, was elected by Parliament to succeed the slain leader as President in 1993.
		Premadasa won the presidential elections and became the President.
		President Premadasa was assassinated in Colombo on May 1, 1993.
	www.priu.gov.lk /execpres/former_presidents.html (1088 words)

	President of Sri Lanka - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		UNPer Sajith Premadasa, son of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa is quoted as telling Indian media that President Mahinda Rajapaksa would not be “a one-term president but a two-term president”, adding that he thought the President was “quite popular among the masses.”
		The Indian media describe Premadasa as a young leader of the new generation of UNPers.
		Premadasa said: "Right from inception he was very keen on achieving a settlement through the peace process.
	www.presidentsl.org /data/html/news/200610/20061002news.htm (191 words)

	Sri Lanka WORLD:: Mahinda`s military campaign `most efficient and prudent` - Premadasa`s Son Sajith
		Sajith Premadasa, son of assassinated President Ranasinghe Premadasa, has lauded President Mahinda Rajapakse`s handling of the campaign against terrorism saying it was `most efficient and prudent`, IANS reported yesterday.
		Premadasa, who was in India on an 11-day visit, had also said he was keen keen to develop excellent ties with new Delhi.
		The report said: The politician-son of Ranasinghe Premadasa, the Sri Lankan president who ordered Indian troops out of the island in 1989 sparking a diplomatic row, says he is keen to develop excellent ties with New Delhi.
	www.lankanewspapers.com /news/2006/10/8751.html (1451 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - News
		President Ranasinghe Premadasa was a great national leader and national hero of our time whose thinking was forever centered on national prosperity through economic and social uplift of the poor, Finance Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama said yesterday speaking as chief guest at the 80th birth anniversary of President Ranasinghe Premadasa.
		The anniversary celebrations were held under the auspices of the Premadasa Centre at the Elphinstone Theatre.
		His programmes of poverty alleviation and shelter for the homeless were commended all over the developing world and 'poverty alleviation' even became a popular slogan for political campaigns in India.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/06/24/new22.html (268 words)

	The French example
		Ranasinghe Premadasa became Prime Minister and assumed a role that created the impression that the Premier too was a power centre in the new set-up.
		It was the irrepressible personality and political drive of Premadasa, combined with Jayewardene's acumen, that allowed his deputy such an assertive role, that led to such a perception.
		The real nature of the prime ministerial office was exposed when an authoritative and domineering Premadasa became executive President and a meek and submissive Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Premier in 1989.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl1826/18260570.htm (1762 words)

	:: Daily Mirror - Opinion ::
		The memories of the period of President Ranasinghe Premadasa in the late 1980s and early 90s have today lost their sharp edge.
		The country was wracked by two insurrections, one in the north east by the LTTE and other in the rest of the country by the JVP.
		It was finally left to President Premadasa’s successors to heal the wounds of the JVP insurrection.
	www.dailymirror.lk /2006/10/03/opinion/01.asp (1267 words)

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