Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
රත්නසිරි වික්‍රමනායක ரத்னசிறி விக்கிரமநாயக்க
Wickremanayake in 2009
12th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
In office 19 November 2005 – 21 April 2010
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded by	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Succeeded by	D. M. Jayaratne
In office 10 August 2000 – 9 December 2001
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Preceded by	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Succeeded by	Ranil Wickremesinghe
11th Leader of the Opposition
In office 18 December 2001 – 31 January 2002
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Succeeded by	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Leader of the House
In office 25 August 1994 – 10 October 2000
Preceded by	Wijayapala Mendis
Succeeded by	Richard Pathirana
Personal details
Born	5 May 1933 British Ceylon
Died	27 December 2016 (aged 83) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Political party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political affiliations	United People's Freedom Alliance
Spouse	Kusum Wickremanayake
Children	Vidura Wickremanayake (son)
Profession	Politician

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.^[1] 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.