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2015 In Sri Lanka
The following lists notable events that took place during the year 2015 in Sri Lanka. Incumbents * President: Mahinda Rajapaksa (until 9 January), Maithripala Sirisena (from 9 January) * Prime Minister: D. M. Jayaratne (until 9 January), Ranil Wickremesinghe (from 9 January) Governors * Central Province – Tikiri Kobbekaduwa (until 19 January); Surangani Ellawala (from 27 January) * Eastern Province – Mohan Wijewickrama (until January); Austin Fernando (from January) * North Central Province – Karunarathna Divulgane (until 27 January); P. B. Dissanayake (from 27 January) * Northern Province – G. A. Chandrasiri (until 27 January); H. M. G. S. Palihakkara (from 27 January) * North Western Province – Tissa Balalla (until 23 January); Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake (from 23 January) * Sabaragamuwa Province – W. J. M. Lokubandara (until 27 January); Marshal Perera (from 27 January) * Southern Province – Kumari Balasuriya (until 23 January); Hemakumara Nanayakkara (fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015
File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake; World Leaders pose for a picture during the 2015 Paris Agreement; an airstrike in Sana'a during the Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen; Refugees of the Syrian civil war come ashore in Greece; FIFA president Sepp Blatter is forced to resign in disgrace in the wake of the 2015 FIFA corruption case; New Horizons makes a flyby and takes the first images of Pluto., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 November 2015 Paris attacks rect 200 0 400 200 Germanwings Flight 9525 rect 400 0 600 200 April 2015 Nepal earthquake rect 0 200 300 400 New Horizons rect 300 200 600 400 Paris Agreement rect 0 400 200 600 2015 FIFA corruption case rect 200 400 400 600 Refugees of the Syrian civil war rect 400 400 600 600 Saudi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tissa Balalla
Tissa Reginald Balalle (born 15 July 1937) is the eighth Governor of the North Western Province of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ..., He was in office from 2007 to 2015. He also worked as a member of parliament of sri lanka in 1970-1977. References Living people Governors of North Western Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Buddhists Sinhalese politicians Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon 1937 births {{SriLanka-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peshala Jayarathne
Sudasinghe Mudiyanselage Peshala Jayarathne Bandara is a Sri Lankan politician and is the former Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ... of the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jayarathne, Peshala Sri Lankan politicians Sri Lankan Buddhists Chief Ministers of North Central Province, Sri Lanka Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen
Naseer Ahamed Zainulabdeen, MP, (Tamil:பொம்பாய் மண்டையன்), ( Sinhala:නසීර් අහමඩ්), (born 16 April 1961) is a Sri Lankan politician, Cabinet Minister and a member of the Sri Lankan parliament. He is the former Chief Minister of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Chief Minister on 6 February 2015. Following the mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet in the wake of the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, he was appointed as the Minister of Environment by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa ( si, නන්දසේන ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ; ta, நந்தசேன கோட்டாபய ராஜபக்ஷ; born 20 June 1949) is a former Sri Lankan militar ... on 18 April 2022. References Living people Sri Lanka Muslim Congress politicians Chief Ministers of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka Members of the Eastern Provincial Council Members of the 16th Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarath Ekanayake
Sarath Ekanayake is the former Chief Minister of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. He previously served as the 2nd, 4th and 7th Chief Minister of Central Province between April and June 1999, November 2000 and April 2002 and 2004 till 2015. He was also the Governor of the North central Province. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and is part of the United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated UPFA; si, එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ta, ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக .... He is also the president of the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation. References Sri Lankan Buddhists Chief Ministers of Central Province, Sri Lanka Members of the Central Provincial Council Living people Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians United People's Freedom Alliance politicians Sinhalese politicians Year of birth missing (living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alavi Moulana
Seyed Ahmed Seyed Alavi Moulana (1 January 1932 – 15 June 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician, who entered politics in 1948 as a trade unionist. He was the 5th Governor of Western Province, having assumed office on 1 February 2002. He was a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Cabinet Minister of Labour, and a councillor in the Colombo Municipal Council. He was the Senior Vice-President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and was also a social and religious worker. He also served as acting Governor for Sabaragamuwa in 2009. Political career Alavi Moulana entered politics in 1948 as a Trade Unionist. In 1956 he joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and in 1960, under the leadership of Sirimavo Bandaranayake, he became the leader of the Trade Union Movement of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Moulana was appointed as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the Senior Vice-President of the Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya. He was a councillor in the Colombo Municipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Province, Sri Lanka
The Western Province ( si, බස්නාහිර පළාත ''Basnāhira Paḷāta''; ta, மேல் மாகாணம் ''Mael Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. Western Province is the most densely populated province in the country and is home to the legislative capital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte as well as to Colombo, the nation's administrative and business center. History Parts of present-day Western Province were part of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Kotte. The province then came under Portuguese, Dutch and British control. In 1815 the British gained control of the entire island of Ceylon. They divided the island into three ethnic based administrative structures: Low Country Sinhalese, Kandyan Sinhalese an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanda Mathew
Caluadewagey Nanda Mathew (2 February 1940 - 2020) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was a former Governor of Uva Province, Minister of Sports and a member of parliament. Early life and education Born on 2 February 1940, to Sinhala Nationalist Cyril Mathew, he was educated at the S. Thomas' College, Gurutalawa and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. He became a land owner and a planter. Political career He was elected to the House of Representatives of Ceylon in the 1965 general elections from Kolonna from the United National Party. He contested the 1970 general elections but was defeated by P.O. Wimalanaga. He elected from Kolonna in the 1977 general elections and was appointed Deputy Minister of Naval Services and Tourism, Rural Industry Development and Mahaweli Development by President J. R. Jayewardene. He was elected in the 1989 general elections from Ratnapura and was appointed Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports by President Ranasingha Premadasa. In 1994, he was given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uva Province, Sri Lanka
Uva Province ( si, ඌව පළාත, Uva Paḷāta, ta, ஊவா மாகாணம், Uvā Mākāṇam) is Sri Lanka's second least populated province, with 1,259,880 people, created in 1896. It consists of two districts: Badulla and Moneragala. The provincial capital is Badulla. Uva is bordered by the Eastern, Southern, Sabaragamuwa, and Central provinces. Its major tourist attractions are Dunhinda falls, Diyaluma Falls, Rawana Falls, the Yala National Park (lying partly in the Southern and Eastern Provinces) and Gal Oya National Park (lying partly in the Eastern Province). The Gal Oya hills and the Central mountains are the main uplands, while the Mahaweli (Sinhalese: ''great-sandy'') and Menik (Sinhalese: ''gemstone'') rivers and the huge Senanayake Samudraya and Maduru Oya Reservoirs are the major waterways. History The provincial history records an 1818 uprising (the Third Kandyan War) against the British colonial government which had been controlling the formally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemakumara Nanayakkara
Hemakumara Wickramathilaka Nanayakkara is a Sri Lankan politician and was the 7th Governor of the Western Province of Sri Lanka, in office since 12 April 2018. He has also been a Governor of the Southern Province, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister. Nanayakkara played active roles for the United National Party victory at the 2001 General election. He was appointed as minister soon after the election. Later in 2007 he decided to support the UPFA. In 2012 Nanayakkara quit from the UPFA to form his own party called Ruhunu Janatha Party. The Party joined United National Party at the 2015 Presidential election to support the common candidate. Soon after the 2015 election victory he was appointed the Governor of Southern Province. See also * List of political families in Sri Lanka This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka. Abdul Majeed * A. L. Abdul Majeed (15 November 1933 – 13 November 1987) also known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumari Balasuriya
Neranjala Pushpa Kumari Balasooriya known as Kumari Balasuriya is the former Governor of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka since October 2006. She was the first female governor of a Sri Lankan Province.She resigned from the post after fall of the Mahinda Rajapakse Mahinda Rajapaksa ( si, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, ta, மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to ...'s government in 2015. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Balasuriya, Kumari Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Governors of Southern Province, Sri Lanka Sinhalese politicians Sri Lankan Buddhists Alumni of Musaeus College Sinhalese civil servants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Province, Sri Lanka
The Southern Province ( si, දකුණු පළාත ''Dakuṇu Paḷāta'', ta, தென் மாகாணம் ''Theṉ Mākāṇam'') of Sri Lanka is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. It is the 7th largest province by area and is home to 2.5 million people, the 3rd most populated province. The province is bordered by Sabaragamuwa Province and Uva Province to the North, Eastern Province to the Northeast, Western Province to the Northwest and the Indian Ocean to the South, West and East. The Province's capital is Galle. The Southern Province is a geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambantota. Subsistence farming and fishing is the main source of income for the vast majority of the people of this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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