John Kotelawala
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 45 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 4,1897 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | British Ceylon |
| Date of died | October 2,1980 |
| Died | Colombo |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Children | Lakshmi Kotelawala |
| Parents | Alice Elizabeth Kotelawala |
| John Kotelawala Sr | |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Siblings | Justin Kotalawela |
| Education | Royal College |
| University of Cambridge | |
| Christ's College Cambridge | |
| Party | United National Party |
| Previous position | Prime Minister of Ceylon (1953–1956) |
| Nephew | Lalith Kotelawala |
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| ID | 569581 |
John Kotelawala Life story
General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala CH KBE KStJ PC was a Sri Lankan statesman, who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Ceylon from 1953 to 1956. Born to a wealthy landholding and mining family, Kotelawala had a difficult childhood with the suicide of his father and the financial difficulties that followed.