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Ronnie de Mel was a Sri Lankan politician and diplomat who served as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1978. He was born on 11 April 1925 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was educated at Royal College, Colombo and the University of London. De Mel was a member of the United National Party and served as the Minister of Finance from 1965 to 1970. He was appointed Prime Minister in 1977 and served until 1978. He was also the Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States from 1979 to 1983. De Mel was a highly respected figure in Sri Lankan politics and was known for his integrity and commitment to public service. He was awarded the Sri Lankabhimanya, the highest national honour of Sri Lanka, in 1978. De Mel passed away on 28 August 2020 at the age of 95. He was survived by his wife, two sons, and two daughters.

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Occupation Politics
Age 98 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 11 April, 1925
Birthday 11 April
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Date of death February 27, 2024
Died Place Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality Sri Lanka

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His wife is Mallika de Mel ( Fernando)

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Children 3 (Sunalini, Tara, Renuka)

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1988

Following the end of Jayewardene's second term as president, Ronnie de Mel stepdown as Finance Minister in January 1988. He left the country following the election President Ranasinghe Premadasa, only returning following his death in 1993. He was re-elected to parliament in 1994 general election from Matara, retaining his seat in the 2000 general election and the 2001 general election.

1964

Resigning from Ceylon Administrative Service in 1964, he entered politics and contested the 1965 general election from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the Bibile electorate and was defeated by the United National Party candidate Dharmadasa Banda. He then contested the 1970 general election from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party from Devinuwara and was elected to parliament. He was re-elected in the 1977 general election from Devinuwara from the United National Party and was appointed Cabinet Minister of Finance.

1948

He joined the Ceylon Civil Service (CCS) in 1948, and was attached to the Department of Industries, Vavuniya Kachcheri, Puttalam Kachcheri and the Department of Social Services. In 1950, he was appointed as Acting Assistant Secretary to the Ministry of Labor and Social Services and was appointed Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Labor in 1952 and was appointed Assistant at Matara to the Government Agent, Southern Province. Thereafter he served as the Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands.

1925

Ronald Joseph Godfrey de Mel (born 11 April 1925) (Sinhala: රොනි ද මැල්) (known as Ronnie de Mel) is a Sri Lankan civil servant and a politician. civil servant. He was the Cabinet Minister of Finance from 1977 to 1988 United National Party government and was instrumental in the establishment of the free market economy in Sri Lanka. He was a Member of Parliament from the Matara District in the Parliament of Sri Lanka until 2004. He had served as a Senior Adviser to President.

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