Ranasinghe Premadasa

Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa (Sinhalese:රණසිංහ ප්‍රේමදාස,Tamil:ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா; 23 June 1923 – 1 May 1993) was the third President of Sri Lanka 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. He was assassinated in Colombo in a suicide bombing by the LTTE.