serviceyears monarch branch death_date constituency_mp allegiance birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place profession order term_start rank image name predecessor parliament birth_place unit party successor religion article_title
23 years elizabeth ii ceylon defence force , sri lanka army 2 october 1980 dodangaslanda ceylon 04 april 1895 12 april 1956 19 march 1960 christ colombo 's college , cambridge , royal college , colombo , sri lanka politician , soldier , planter prime minister of ceylon 12 october 1953 14 october 1947 general ceylon defence force -rrb- -lrb- sri lanka army -rrb- , colonel -lrb- sir john lionel kotelawala -lrb- 1897-1980 -rrb- . jpg sir john lionel kotelawala dudley senanayake ceylon ceylon ceylon light infantry united national party s. w. r. d. bandaranaike a.u. romanis theravada buddhism john kotelawala

john kotelawala

general sir john lionel kotelawala , kstj -lrb- ; 4 april 1895 -- 2 october 1980 -rrb- was a sri lankan soldier and politician , most notable for serving as the 3rd prime minister of ceylon -lrb- sri lanka -rrb- from 1953 to 1956 .
