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Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

1933 - 2016

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Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (Sinhala: රත්නසිරි වික්‍රමනායක, Tamil: ரத்னசிறி விக்கிரமநாயக்க; 5 May 1933 – 27 December 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2010, and also served as the Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2002. He was a Member of Parliament representing the Horana electorate and later the Kalutara District. Wickremanayake held many ministerial positions in the Sri Lankan government, beginning in 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ratnasiri Wickremanayake has received more than 179,668 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Ratnasiri Wickremanayake is the 15,138th most popular politician (down from 14,356th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 24th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Sri Lankan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake ranks 15,138 out of 19,576. Before him are Eva Šuranová, Billy Hughes, Marcelo Ebrard, Narciso Campero, Frank Knox, and Valérie Pécresse. After him are Hui Liangyu, King Qing of Zhou, Pascual Madoz, Dimitrios Valvis, István Bittó, and Bella Abzug.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake ranks 390. Before him are Svetlana Velmar-Janković, Barbara Feldon, George J. Mitchell, Dumitru Pârvulescu, Levente Lengyel, and Ford Konno. After him are Habib Thiam, Mark Damon, Igor Kvasha, Georges Lamia, Henry Hartsfield, and Maurinho. Among people deceased in 2016, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake ranks 378. Before him are Fazu Aliyeva, Richard Davalos, Tina Anselmi, Joseph Keller, Rita Renoir, and Eva Šuranová. After him are Daniela Dessì, Nick Menza, Angus Scrimm, Burt Kwouk, Rita Gam, and Douglas Slocombe.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake ranks 27 out of 51. Before him are William Gopallawa (1896), Natalia (null), D. S. Senanayake (1883), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), Dinesh Gunawardena (1949), and Malcolm Ranjith (1947). After him are Dudley Senanayake (1911), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), Frederick G. Donnan (1870), Thomas Cooray (1901), and Duncan White (1918).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sri Lanka

Among politicians born in Sri Lanka, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake ranks 13. Before him are Gotabaya Rajapaksa (1949), Maithripala Sirisena (1951), William Gopallawa (1896), D. S. Senanayake (1883), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), and Dinesh Gunawardena (1949). After him are Dudley Senanayake (1911), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), John Kotelawala (1897), Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932), and Alexander Khloponin (1965).

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