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1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 21 December 1999. Nominations were accepted on 16 November 1999 and electoral participation was 73.31%. Incumbent President Chandrika Kumaratunga of the governing People's Alliance was re-elected for a second term, receiving 51% of all votes cast. Background Sri Lankan presidents are elected for six-year terms; with the previous election having taken place in 1994, an election normally would not have been held until 2000. Kumaratunga called the election early. Kumaratunga campaigned to continue her actions against the Tamil Tigers, while her main opponent Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Wickremesinghe ( si, රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ, ta, ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who is the current president of Sri Lanka since 21 July 2 ... called for the commencement of direct negotiations with the Tigers. Three days before the election, Kuma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga ( si, චන්ද්රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක කුමාරතුංග, ta, சந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்க குமாரதுங்க; born 29 June 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the fifth President of Sri Lanka, from 12 November 1994 to 19 November 2005. The country's first and only female president to date and the country's second female prime minister. She is the daughter of two former prime ministers and was the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) until the end of 2005. Early life and family Chandrika Bandaranaike was born on 29 June 1945, at Wentworth in Guildford Crescent, Colombo to Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike and Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike. The family moved the year later to a mansion at Rosmead Place, Colombo purchased by her paternal grandfather. Her father S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was an Oxford educated barrister who wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harischandra Wijayatunga
Wijayatunga Mudalige Harischandra Wijayatunga ( si, විජයතුංග මුදලිගේ හරිශ්චන්ද්ර විජයතුංග; born 25 October 1931) is a Sri Lankan author, translator, lexicographer, teacher, lawyer and politician. He held various offices in different institutions of the Government of Sri Lanka. At present he is the leader of Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya, Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Party. During the presidential elections of 1994 Sri Lankan presidential election, 1994 and 1999 Sri Lankan presidential election, 1999, he was the candidate of that party for this high office. He is the compiler of the Practical Sinhala Dictionary (1982) and Gunasena Great Sinhala Dictionary, which are considered as the most comprehensive Sinhala-Sinhala dictionaries to date. Besides compiling these voluminous works of over 2000 pages, he also proposed scientific ideas to standardise Sinhala script. His political philosophy i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 In Sri Lanka
The following lists events that happened during 1999 in Sri Lanka. Incumbents *President: Chandrika Kumaratunga *Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike * Chief Justice: G. P. S. de Silva then Sarath N. Silva Governors * Central Province – Stanley Tillekeratne * North Central Province – G. M. S. Samaraweera * North Eastern Province – Asoka Jayawardena * North Western Province – Hector Arawwawala (until 3 January); Siripala Jayaweera (starting 3 January) * Sabaragamuwa Province – C. N. Saliya Mathew * Southern Province – Neville Kanakeratne (until 20 September); Ananda Dassanayake (starting 20 September) * Uva Province – Ananda Dassanayake (until 1999); Sirisena Amarasiri (starting 1999) * Western Province – K. Vignarajah Chief Ministers * Central Province – ** until April: Vacant ** April-June: Sarath Ekanayake ** starting June: Nandimithra Ekanayake * North Central Province – vacant (until June); Berty Premalal Dissanayake (starting June) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Elections In Asia
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootings in the United States; the Year 2000 problem ("Y2K"), perceived as a major concern in the lead-up to the year 2000; the Millennium Dome opens in London; online music downloading platform Napster is launched, soon a source of online piracy; NASA loses both the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander; a destroyed T-55 tank near Prizren during the Kosovo War., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Death and state funeral of King Hussein rect 200 0 400 200 1999 İzmit earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Columbine High School massacre rect 0 200 300 400 Kosovo War rect 300 200 600 400 Year 2000 problem rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Climate Orbiter rect 200 400 400 600 Napster rect 400 400 600 600 Millennium Dome 1999 was designated as the Interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidential Elections In Sri Lanka
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Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna
Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna (People's Freedom Front/Mass Freedom Front) is a political party in Sri Lanka that was formed by Chandrika Kumaratunga when she broke away from Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya The Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya (SLMP; Sri Lanka People's Party) is a political party in Sri Lanka, founded in 1984 by Vijaya Kumaranatunga. History 1980s Vijaya Kumaranatunga founded the party in 1984 and led it until his assassination in 198 .... In 1993 Kumaratunga returned to SLFP; however, BNP continued to live on as a separate political party. In the 1999 presidential elections, BNP nominated Alwis Weerakkody as their candidate. References 1991 establishments in Sri Lanka Political parties established in 1991 Political parties in Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic United National Front
The Democratic United National Front ( si, ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ, pronounced ''Prajathanthrvadi Eksath Jathika Peramuna'', ta, ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி) is a political party in Sri Lanka. DUNF was founded in 1990 by a group of United National Party dissidents. The party was led by Lalith Athulathmudali, Gamini Dissanayake who shared a joint presidency and G. M. Premachandra. On April 23, 1993, Lalith Athulathmudali was shot dead during an election campaign rally. The DUNF then split and Lalith's widow, Srimani Anoma Athulathmudali, launched the Democratic United National Lalith Front as a separate political party. At the legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated UPFA; si, එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් ස ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
Vasudeva Nanayakkara ( si, වාසුදේව නානායක්කාර) (born 3 January 1939) is a Sri Lankan left-wing politician, Member of Parliament and a former presidential candidate. Early life Born to a wealthy business family from the Udalamatta village near Galle in the south of Ceylon, on 3 January 1939. His father Francis Nanayakkara was a successful businessmen with ventures in wholesale trade, transport and plantations. His mother Irene Elizabeth Wijesekara Dissanayake. He had four brothers and four sisters which included Yasapalitha Nanayakkara and Hemakumara Nanayakkara. Receiving his secondary education at Richmond College, Galle he was of contemporary of Mahinda Rajapaksa. Nanayakkara's family were strong supporters of the United National Party, however he was converted to socialism by Tissa Vitharana. He entered the Ceylon Law College, qualifying as an proctor and started his legal practice. Politics Nanayakkara joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Sri Lanka
After thirty five years in existence The Liberal Party was renamed as The Liberal Democratic Party in June 19th of 2022, The first congress was held in 26th if July 2022. Present leader of the Party is Kamal Nissanka and Secretary General is Amal Randeniya The Liberal Party of Sri Lanka ( si, ලිබරල් පක්ෂය ''Libaral Pakshaya''; ta, லிபரல் கட்சி, translit=Liparal Kaṭci) began as a think-tank called the Council for Liberal Democracy, founded in 1981 by the late Chanaka Amaratunga, a longstanding member of the United National Party which was then in government. The CLD broke with the UNP in 1982 over the referendum which postponed parliamentary elections for six years and, after four years of trying to promote liberal thinking in Sri Lanka, in particular with regard to constitutional reforms that would promote devolution along with separation and reduction of powers at the center, Dr Amaratunga and several of his associates established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajiva Wijesinha
Rajiva Wijesinha, MA, DPhil ( Sinhala: රජීව විජේසිංහ) (born 16 May 1954) is a Sri Lankan writer in English, distinguished for his political analysis as well as creative and critical work. An academic by profession for much of his working career, he was most recently Senior Professor of Languages at the University of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka. In June 2007 President Mahinda Rajapakse appointed him Secretary-General of the Sri Lankan Government Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process and in June 2008 he also became concurrently the Secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights (Sri Lanka). The Peace Secretariat wound up in July 2009), and in February 2010 he resigned from the Ministry as well as the University, and became a member of parliament on the National List of the United People's Freedom Alliance following the General Election held in April 2010, following which he was appointed a member of parliament. He belongs to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motherland People's Party
Motherland People's Party formerly Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya (The Great Consensus Party of the Sons of the Soil of Sinhala) is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga Wijayatunga Mudalige Harischandra Wijayatunga ( si, විජයතුංග මුදලිගේ හරිශ්චන්ද්ර විජයතුංග; born 25 October 1931) is a Sri Lankan author, translator, lexicographer, teacher, .... The party follows the pro-democratic political line manifested in 1992 by its leader. In the 1994 presidential elections, Wijayatunga stood as the SMBP candidate. He polled 32,651 votes (0.43%). References Buddhist political parties Nationalist parties in Sri Lanka Political parties in Sri Lanka 1990 establishments in Sri Lanka Political parties established in 1990 Sinhalese nationalist parties {{SriLanka-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP; ) is a Marxist–Leninist communist party and a former militant organization in Sri Lanka. The movement was involved in two armed uprisings against the government of Sri Lanka: once in 1971 (SLFP), and another in 1987–89 ( UNP). The motive for both uprisings was to establish a socialist state. The JVP was initially a small organisation that became a well-organised party that could influence mainstream politics. Its members campaigned openly for the left-wing coalition government, United Front. Following their disillusion with the coalition, they started an insurrection against the Dominion of Ceylon in early 1971, which intensified following the ban on the party. The military arm the Red Guard captured over 76 police strongholds throughout the island of Ceylon. The JVP entered democratic politics in 1977 when President J.R. Jayewardene released the JVP leader, Rohana Wijeweera, from prison. After the United Front coalition government co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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