sri lankabhimanya dingiri banda wijetunga (,; 15 february 1916 – 21 september 2008) was the fourth president of sri lanka from 1 may 1993 to 12 november 1994, prime minister of sri lanka from 3 march 1989 to 7 may 1993 and the governor of north western province, sri lanka from 1988 to 1989. he was awarded sri lanka's most highest award to a civilian sri lankabhimanya in 1993 by president ranasinghe premadasa