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简体中文 Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1933)
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (Sinhala: රත්නසිරි වික්රමනායක, Tamil: ரத்னசிறி விக்கிரமநாயக்க; 5 May 1933 – 27 December 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician who was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2010. He was a Member of Parliament representing Horana electorate and later Kalutara District.
Wickremanayake held many ministerial positions in the Sri Lankan government, beginning in 1970.
2016Dec, 27
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