Ranasinghe Premadasa as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

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Ranasinghe Premadasa as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka refers to his tenure as the country's head of government in the late 1970s and 1980s, during which he pursued populist housing and poverty-alleviation programs before later becoming president.

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instanceOf political officeholding period ⓘ
tenure as prime minister ⓘ
appointedBy J. R. Jayewardene ⓘ
associatedWithCity Colombo ⓘ
branchOfGovernment executive branch ⓘ
capitalOfJurisdiction Colombo ⓘ
conflictContext early phase of Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ
ethnic tensions between Sinhalese and Tamils ⓘ
constitutionalFramework 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
domesticPolicyFocus housing programs ⓘ
poverty alleviation ⓘ
urban development ⓘ
economicContext open economy reforms era ⓘ
economicPolicy continuation of liberalization begun in 1977 ⓘ
support for export-oriented growth ⓘ
elevationAfterTenure President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
elevationAfterTenureDate 1989-01-02 ⓘ
endTime 1989-01-02 ⓘ
foreignPolicyOrientation non-alignment ⓘ
governanceLevel national government ⓘ
governingPartyStatus parliamentary majority ⓘ
headOfStateDuringTenure J. R. Jayewardene ⓘ
holder Ranasinghe Premadasa ⓘ
ideology populism ⓘ
pro-poor development ⓘ
internationalContext Cold War period ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
languageOfGovernment Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedInGovernment Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
notableCharacteristic populist leadership style ⓘ
notableProgram Million Houses Programme (early initiatives and planning phase) ⓘ
oversawMinistry Ministry of Housing and Construction (influential role in housing policy) ⓘ
policyOrientation pro-low-income housing ⓘ
rural development ⓘ
politicalParty United National Party ⓘ
positionHeld Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ⓘ
precededBy J. R. Jayewardene as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: J. R. Jayewardene
region South Asia ⓘ
roleInCabinet leader of the cabinet ⓘ
roleInGovernment head of government ⓘ
socialPolicy low-cost housing schemes ⓘ
slum upgrading ⓘ
startTime 1978-02-23 ⓘ
succeededBy Dingiri Banda Wijetunga as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ⓘ
timeInOffice about 10 years 10 months ⓘ

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J. R. Jayewardene → succeededBy → Ranasinghe Premadasa as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ⓘ