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William Gopallawa

1896 - 1981

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William Gopallawa (Sinhala: විලියම් ගොපල්ලව, Tamil: வில்லியம் கோப்பல்லாவ; 17 September 1896 – 31 January 1981) was a Sri Lankan politician and statesman who served as the last Governor-General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972 and the first and only non-executive President of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1978, when Ceylon declared itself a republic and changed its name to Sri Lanka. Gopallawa served as Governor-General during the tenure of three different governments, two headed by Sirimavo Bandaranaike of the SLFP and one headed by Dudley Senanayake of the UNP. He is also known as a Reformist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Gopallawa is the 13,914th most popular politician (down from 13,000th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 21st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Sri Lankan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Gopallawa ranks 13,914 out of 19,576. Before him are Yahya Petra of Kelantan, Diego Portales, Sima Samar, Antti Hackzell, Mesilim, and Ayesha Gaddafi. After him are Sergey Kozlov, Chief Joseph, Ashur-nadin-apli, Aristobulus of Chalcis, Christopher Loeak, and Jóhann Hafstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, William Gopallawa ranks 189. Before him are Rodolfo Terlizzi, Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, Ulises Saucedo, J. Lawton Collins, Gerardo Diego, and Steponas Darius. After him are Ivan Merz, Sofya Yanovskaya, Arthur Tell Schwab, Kim Iryeop, Art Langley, and Gerhard Fieseler. Among people deceased in 1981, William Gopallawa ranks 163. Before him are Mike Bloomfield, Richard O'Connor, Shovkat Mammadova, Jack Albertson, Rino Gaetano, and Lydia Lopokova. After him are Isao Kimura, Antonio Berni, Mikhail Zharov, Beulah Bondi, Jakob Bender, and Tadeusz Kotarbiński.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, William Gopallawa ranks 23 out of 51. Before him are Maithripala Sirisena (1951), D. S. Senanayake (1883), William Chester Minor (1834), M. G. Ramachandran (1917), John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841), and Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933). After him are D. M. Jayaratne (1931), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), Frederick G. Donnan (1870), Thomas Cooray (1901), and Dinesh Gunawardena (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sri Lanka

Among politicians born in Sri Lanka, William Gopallawa ranks 11. Before him are Chandrika Kumaratunga (1945), Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945), S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899), Maithripala Sirisena (1951), D. S. Senanayake (1883), and Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933). After him are D. M. Jayaratne (1931), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), Dinesh Gunawardena (1949), Dudley Senanayake (1911), and John Kotelawala (1897).

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