Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne | |
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| දිසානායක මුදියන්සේලාගේ ජයරත්න திசாநாயக்க முதியன்சேலாகே ஜயரத்ன | |
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| 14thPrime Minister of Sri Lanka | |
| In office 21 April 2010 – 9 January 2015 | |
| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Preceded by | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
| Succeeded by | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Minister of Buddhasasana & Religious Affairs | |
| In office 8 July 2010 – 7 July 2015 | |
| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Minister of Plantations | |
| In office 6 August 2007 – 6 August 2010 | |
| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
| Minister of Posts, Telecommunications & Upcountry Development | |
| In office 8 August 2004 – 6 September 2007 | |
| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Prime Minister | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 1 June 2000 – 9 July 2001 | |
| President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Member of Parliament forKandy District | |
| In office 5 January 2004 – 7 January 2010 | |
| In office 1 July 1989 – 29 December 2001 | |
| Member of Parliament for National List | |
| In office 7 January 2010 – 6 June 2015 | |
| In office 30 December 2001 – 2 January 2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne (1931-06-04)4 June 1931 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Died | 19 November 2019(2019-11-19) (aged 88) Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Other political affiliations | United People's Freedom Alliance |
| Children | Anuradha Jayaratne |
| Education | Doluwa Maha Vidyalaya, Gampola Zahira College, Gampola |
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Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne (Sinhala:දිසානායක මුදියන්සේලාගේ ජයරත්න,Tamil:திசாநாயக்க முதியன்சேலாகே ஜயரத்ன; 4 June 1931 – 19 November 2019),[1][2] commonly known asD. M. "Di Mu" Jayaratne,[3] was a Sri Lankan politician who served asPrime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2015. A founding member of theSri Lanka Freedom Party, Jayaratne was first elected toparliament in1970. He was sworn in as prime minister on 21 April 2010.[4]
Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne was born on 4 June 1931.[1] He was educated at Doluwa Maha Vidyalaya and atZahira College inGampola, a town just outsideKandy. Following the founding of theSri Lanka Freedom Party in Kandy in 1951 byS. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Jayaratne worked as a teacher at Doluwa Maha Vidyalaya. He later worked aspostmaster atDoluwa from 1960 to 1962.[5]
Jayaratne started his political career having been elected a member of theVillage Council of Doluwa, where he later became the chairman of the Village Council. He also became the president of the Kandy District Village Council Chairmen Association and a member of the Federation of All Ceylon Village Council.
He first entered parliament following the1970 general election, obtaining 14,463 votes as theSri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) candidate in the Gampola electorate, defeatingW. M. P. B. Dissanayake of theUnited National Party (UNP).[6] He was subsequently defeated by Dissanayake in the1977 election in which just 8 members of the SLFP were returned to parliament.[7] He was re-elected to parliament in1989 from theKandy District under the new preferential voting system. He obtained 54,290 preferential votes, topping the SLFP list in the Kandy District.[5]
Re-elected to parliament under thePeople's Alliance in 1994, Jayaratne was appointed Minister of Land, Agriculture and Forestry by PresidentChandrika Kumaratunga, entering thecabinet for the first time.[5] He held several senior party positions such as Secretary General of People's United Front and Senior Vice President of Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Ministerial appointments he held included:
Following the electoral victory of theUnited People's Freedom Alliance at the2010 general election, Jayaratne, the most senior member of the SLFP, was sworn in as prime minister on 21 April 2010. Under the constitution of Sri Lanka, the role of prime minister is largely a ceremonial post. Jayaratne also held the position ofMinister of Buddha Sasana (Buddhism) and Religious Affairs.[8]
Jayaratne had three children. His youngest son,Anuradha Jayaratne, is amember of parliament and formerState Minister.[9]
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