D. M. Jayaratne

Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne
දිසානායක මුදියන්සේලාගේ ජයරත්න
திசாநாயக்க முதியன்சேலாகே ஜயரத்ன
14th prime minister of Sri Lanka
In office
21 April 2010 – 9 January 2015
PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded byRatnasiri Wickremanayake
Succeeded byRanil Wickremesinghe
Minister of Buddhasasana & Religious Affairs
In office
8 July 2010 – 7 July 2015
PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterHimself
Minister of Plantations
In office
6 August 2007 – 6 August 2010
PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterRatnasiri Wickremanayake
Minister of Posts, Telecommunications & Upcountry Development
In office
8 August 2004 – 6 September 2007
PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime MinisterRatnasiri Wickremanayake
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Minister of Agriculture
In office
1 June 2000 – 9 July 2001
PresidentChandrika Kumaratunga
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Member of Parliament
for Kandy District
In office
5 January 2004 – 7 January 2010
In office
1 July 1989 – 29 December 2001
Member of Parliament
for National List
In office
7 January 2010 – 6 June 2015
In office
30 December 2001 – 2 January 2004
Personal details
Born
Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne

(1931-06-04)4 June 1931
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Died19 November 2019(2019-11-19) (aged 88)
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations
United People's Freedom Alliance
ChildrenAnuradha Jayaratne
EducationDoluwa Maha Vidyalaya, Gampola
Zahira College, Gampola
Occupation
  • Teacher
  • postmaster
  • politician

Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne (Sinhala: දිසානායක මුදියන්සේලාගේ ජයරත්න, Tamil: திசாநாயக்க முதியன்சேலாகே ஜயரத்ன; 4 June 1931[1] – 19 November 2019[2]), known as D. M. "Di Mu" Jayaratne,[3] was a Sri Lankan politician who was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2015. A founding member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Jayaratne was first elected to parliament in 1970. He was sworn in as prime minister on 21 April 2010.[4]

  1. ^ "MP profile". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Former Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne passes away". Hiru News. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  3. ^ :.News Line: Di Mu is new Prime Minister Archived 21 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "D.M Jayaratne sworn in as PM" Archived 8 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Daily Mirror, 21 April 2010.