D. M. Jayaratne

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne 4 June 1931 Colombo, Sri Lanka

19 November 2019(2019-11-19) (88) Kandy, Sri Lanka

21 April 2010 – 9 January 2015

Sri Lankan politician Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne (Sinhala: දිසානායක මුදියන්සේලාගේ ජයරත්න , Tamil: திசாநாயக்க முதியன்சேலாகே ஜயரத்ன ; 4 June 1931 – 19 November 2019), known as D. M. "Di Mu" Jayaratne, was a veteran 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.