Rohana Wijeweera

Rohana Wijeweera
  • රෝහණ විජේවීර
  • ரோகண விஜயவீர
1st Leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
In office
14 May 1965 – 13 November 1989
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded bySaman Piyasiri Fernando
Personal details
Born
Patabendi Don Nandasiri Wijeweera

(1943-07-14)14 July 1943
Kottegoda, Matara, British Ceylon
Died(1989-11-13)13 November 1989 (age 46)
Borella, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Manner of deathAssassination by firearm
Political party
Other political
affiliations
Patriotic People's Front
EducationGoda Uda Government Senior School
Dharmasoka College
Alma materLumumba University
OccupationCommunist Marxist–Leninist
Signature
Military service
Battles/wars

Patabendi Don Jinadasa Nandasiri Wijeweera (Sinhala: පටබැඳි දොන් ජිනදාස නන්දසිරි විජෙවීර; 14 July 1943 – 13 November 1989), better known as Rohana Wijeweera, was a Sri Lankan Marxist–Leninist political activist, revolutionary, and founder of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP; transl. People's Liberation Front). Wijeweera led the party in two unsuccessful insurrections in Sri Lanka, in 1971 and 1987 until his assassination.

He formed the JVP in 1965, with the intention of replacing the Dominion of Ceylon with a socialist republic. The JVP ideologically supported the Tamil militants, calling it a war for self-determination, but opposed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Following the Indo-Lanka accord, the JVP, with the leadership of Wijeweera and a secondary faction, launched a military and social campaign with the aim of overthrowing the government of Sri Lanka. This included two major insurgencies, in 1971 and 1987–1989.

In 1989, the government of Sri Lanka then launched Operation Combine with the intention of killing Wijeweera, along with Upatissa Gamanayake. While they succeeded in killing Wijeweera, the JVP maintained its identity as a political party and later joined a coalition government, and eventually in 2024 came into power.


Rohana Wijeweera

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