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Dudley Senanayake

1911 - 1973

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Dudley Shelton Senanayake (Sinhala: ඩඩ්ලි ශෙල්ටන් සේනානායක: Tamil: டட்லி சேனநாயக்கா; 19 June 1911 – 13 April 1973), was a Sri Lankan statesman who served as Prime Minister of Ceylon from 1952 to 1953 (first term as the second prime minister of Ceylon), in 1960 (second term), and from 1965 to 1970 (third term) and Leader of the Opposition from 1960 to 1964. Senanayake's tenures as prime minister were associated with democratic policies focused on agricultural and educational reforms with a pro-western alignment. Born to a political family, he was the eldest son of D. S. Senanayake, who lead the independence movement that gained self-rule for Ceylon in 1948, with D. S. Senanayake becoming the prime minister of Ceylon. Dudley Senanayake, who was educated at S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dudley Senanayake has received more than 206,328 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Dudley Senanayake is the 15,149th most popular politician (down from 13,576th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 27th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Sri Lankan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dudley Senanayake ranks 15,149 out of 15,577. Before him are Mark Esper, Henning Christophersen, Avraham Burg, Isabell Werth, Mairead McGuinness, and Avril Haines. After him are Osred I of Northumbria, Neil Abercrombie, Jim Risch, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, Francis Hopkinson, and William Paterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Dudley Senanayake ranks 317. Before him are Paul Grégoire, Garrett Birkhoff, Maurice Perrin, John Gorton, Terence Rattigan, and Eric Williams. After him are Basil Dearden, Harry Golombek, Alf Martinsen, Frithjof Ulleberg, Ellsworth Vines, and Näcip Cihanov. Among people deceased in 1973, Dudley Senanayake ranks 231. Before him are Brigitte Reimann, Nasif Estéfano, Robert Défossé, Balraj Sahni, Tim Holt, and C. H. Dodd. After him are François Bonlieu, Armando Segato, Mário de Noronha, Clarence White, Arthur Fadden, and William Inge.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Dudley Senanayake ranks 28 out of 44. Before him are Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933), Frederick G. Donnan (1870), Malcolm Ranjith (1947), and Ranil Wickremesinghe (1949). After him are Duncan White (1918), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), Thomas Cooray (1901), Bob Tisdall (1907), Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810), and Heather Armitage (1933).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sri Lanka

Among politicians born in Sri Lanka, Dudley Senanayake ranks 14. Before him are William Gopallawa (1896), D. S. Senanayake (1883), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933), and Ranil Wickremesinghe (1949). After him are D. M. Jayaratne (1931) and Alexander Khloponin (1965).

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