What is Ranasinghe Premadasa?
{{Infobox person |name = Ranasinghe Premadasa |image =Ranasinghe Premadasa.jpeg |caption = at Bangabhaban in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1992. |birth_date = June 23, 1924 |birth_place = Colombo, Sri Lanka |death_date = May 1, 1993 |death_place = Colombo, Sri Lanka |death_cause = [[Murder]] by [[suicide bomb]] |occupation = President of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) |predecessor = [[J. R. Jayewardene|Junius Jayewardene]] |successor = [[Dingiri Banda Wijetunga|Dingiri Wijetunga]] |spouse = Hema Premadasa |children = Sajith Premadasa, Dulanjali |nationality = [[Sri Lanka]]n |party = United National Party }} '''Ranasinghe Premadasa''' ({{lang-si|රණසිංහ ප්‍රේමදාස}}; {{lang-ta|ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா}}; 23 June 1924 – 1 May 1993) was the third [[President]] of [[Sri Lanka]]. He was president from 2 January 1989 to 1 May 1993. Before that, he served as the [[Prime Minister]] in the government headed by [[J. R. Jayewardene]] from 6 February 1978 to 1 January 1989. == Death == On May 1, 1993, Premadasa was killed by an [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|LTTE]] with a [[suicide bomb]]. He was 68 years old. 22 others were also killed in the attack and 60 others were injured. {{person-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Premadasa, Ranasinghe}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:1993 deaths]] [[Category:Assassinated Sri Lankan politicians]] [[Category:Presidents of Sri Lanka]] [[Category:Sri Lankan Civil War]]