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Sri Lanka: Don Stephen Senanayake, first Prime Minister of post-independence Ceylon from 1947 to 1952

Sri Lanka: Don Stephen Senanayake, first Prime Minister of post-independence Ceylon from 1947 to 1952

Don Stephen Senanayake (October 20, 1884–22 March 1952) was an independence activist who served as the first Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1947 to 1952.