Junius Richard Jayewardene (Sinhalese: juniys ricdd jyvrdhn,Tamil: juunnniys ricctt jyvrtnnnaa; 17 September 1906 - 1 November 1996), commonly abbreviated in Sri Lanka as J. R., was the leader of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1989, serving as Prime Minister from 1977 to 1978 and as the second President of Sri Lanka from 1978 till 1989. He was a leader of the nationalist movement in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) who served in a variety of cabinet positions in the decades following independence.

On the economic front, Jayewardene's legacy was decisive. For thirty years after independence, Sri Lanka had struggled in vain with slow growth and high unemployment. Since Jayewardene's reforms, the island has maintained healthy growth despite the civil war.  On the ethnic question, Jayewardene's legacy is bitterly divisive. When he took office, ethnic tensions were present but the country as a whole was at peace. By the end of his tenure, Sri Lanka was facing not one but two civil wars, both featuring unprecedented levels of violence and brutality.  Though Jayewardene indeed did not take measures to stop the attack on Tamils, he was not opposed to them personally, only politically. One of his most esteemed friends was a supreme court judge of Tamil ethnicity, a member of an elite family and raised in Colombo, but who was strongly linked to his Jaffna Tamil heritage. This is but one close Tamil friend of the president's, and it is quite clear that he was not a racist but rather a man who knew how to exploit racism to win the majority.  Highly respected in Japan for his call for peace and reconciliation with post-war Japan at the Peace Conference in San Francisco in 1951, a statue of Jayewardene was erected at the Kamakura Temple in the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan in his honor. In 1988, the J.R Jayewardene Centre was established by the J.R Jayewardene Centre Act No. 77 of 1988 by Parliament at the childhood home of J. R. Jayewardene Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo. It serves as archive for J.R Jayewardene's personal library and papers as well as papers, records from the Presidential Secretariat and gifts he received in his tenure as President. CANNOTANSWER

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Junius Richard Jayewardene (singalesiska: juniys ricdd jyvrdhn,Tamil: juunnniys ricct jyvrtnnaa; 17 september 1906 – 1 november 1996), vanligen förkortat i Sri Lanka som J. R., var ledare för Sri Lanka 1977–1989, tjänstgjorde som premiärminister 1977–1978 och som Sri Lankas andre president 1978–1989. Han var en ledare för den nationalistiska rörelsen i Ceylon (nuvarande Sri Lanka) som tjänstgjorde i en mängd kabinettspositioner under decennierna efter självständigheten. På den ekonomiska fronten var Jayewardenes arv avgörande. I trettio år efter självständigheten hade Sri Lanka förgäves kämpat med långsam tillväxt och hög arbetslöshet. Sedan Jayewardenes reformer har ön bibehållit en sund tillväxt trots inbördeskriget. I den etniska frågan är Jayewardenes arv bittert splittrande. När han tillträdde var etniska spänningar närvarande men landet som helhet var i fred. Vid slutet av sin ämbetstid stod Sri Lanka inför inte ett utan två inbördeskrig, som båda hade en aldrig tidigare skådad nivå av våld och brutalitet. Även om Jayewardene verkligen inte vidtog åtgärder för att stoppa attacken mot tamilerna, var han inte motståndare till dem personligen, bara politiskt. En av hans mest aktade vänner var en högsta domstolsdomare av tamilsk etnicitet, medlem av en elitfamilj och uppvuxen i Colombo, men som var starkt knuten till sitt Jaffna Tamilska arv. Detta är bara en nära tamilsk vän till presidenten, och det är helt klart att han inte var rasist utan snarare en man som visste hur man utnyttjar rasismen för att vinna majoriteten. Högt respekterad i Japan för sin uppmaning till fred och försoning med efterkrigstidens Japan vid fredskonferensen i San Francisco 1951 restes en staty av Jayewardene vid Kamakuratemplet i Kanagawaprefekturen i Japan till hans ära. 1988 bildades J.R Jayewardene Centre genom J.R Jayewardene Centre Act No. 77 av parlamentet i J. R. Jayewardenes barndomshem Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo. Det fungerar som arkiv för J.R. Jayewardenes personliga bibliotek och papper samt papper, dokument från presidentsekretariatet och gåvor han fick i sin tjänst som president. CANNOTANSWER Ställ en fråga om den här artikeln.
Junius Richard Jayewardene (Singalese: Juneys ricdd jyvrdhn,Tamil: juunnniys ricct jyvrtnnaa; 17 September 1906 – 1 November 1996), usually abbreviated in Sri Lanka as J. R., was leader of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1989, served as Prime Minister from 1977 to 1978 and as the second President of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989. He was a leader of the Nationalist Movement in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) serving in a variety of cabinet positions in the decades after independence. On the economic front, Jayewardene's legacy was decisive. For thirty years after independence, Sri Lanka had struggled in vain with slow growth and high unemployment. Since Jayewardene's reforms, the island has maintained healthy growth despite the Civil War. On the ethnic issue, Jayewardene's legacy is bitterly divisive. When he took office, ethnic tensions were present but the country as a whole was at peace. At the end of his tenure, Sri Lanka faced not one but two civil wars, both of which had an unprecedented level of violence and brutality. Although Jayewardene certainly did not take steps to stop the attack on the Tamils, he was not opposed to them personally, just politically. One of his most esteemed friends was a Supreme Court judge of Tamil ethnicity, a member of an elite family and raised in Colombo, but who was strongly attached to his Jaffna Tamil heritage. This is just a close Tamil friend of the President, and it is quite clear that he was not a racist but rather a man who knew how to use racism to win the majority. Highly respected in Japan for his call for peace and reconciliation with post-war Japan at the 1951 San Francisco Peace Conference, a statue of Jayewardene was erected at the Kamakurat Temple in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan in his honor. In 1988, the J.R Jayewardene Centre was formed through J.R Jayewardene Centre Act No. 77 of the Parliament of J. R. Jayewardene's childhood home Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo. It serves as archives for J.R. Jayewardene's personal library and papers as well as papers, documents from the presidential secretariat and gifts he received in his service as president. CANNOTANSWER Ask a question about this article.
Vilka andra arv hade han?
What other inheritance did he have?