The General Secretary of the

United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ...

is one of the highest positions in the -year old Sri Lankan party. The General Secretary holds the powers of calling working committee meetings of the party and singing nominations for the elections.

Palitha Range Bandara Palitha Range Bandara (born September 8, 1962) is a Sri Lankan politician. He was a State Minister of Irrigation and Water Resource Management and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from Anamaduwa. Born Range Bandarage Palitha Rang ...

is the current General Secretary of the UNP. The General Secretary holds the powers of calling working committee meetings of the party and signing nominations for the elections.

Appointment

The General Secretary is appointed with the approval of the other working committee members of the party. The

party leader In a governmental system, a party leader acts as the official representative of their political party, either to a legislature or to the electorate. Depending on the country, the individual colloquially referred to as the "leader" of a political ...

nominates a suitable member to the post when the post is vacant.

Past Secretaries

H. W. Amarasuriya Henry Woodward Amarasuriya (14 October 1904 – 6 March 1981) was a Ceylonese plantation owner, politician, educationist and philanthropist. He was the Cabinet Minister for Trade and Commerce in the cabinet of D. S. Senanayake. A former member ...

was the first general secretary of the United National Party. Harsha Abeywardena, Sirisena Cooray, Gamini Wijesekere, Senarath Kapukotuwa and

Tissa Attanayake Attanayake Mudiyanselage Kudabanda Tissa Attanayake is a Sri Lankan politician, who is a National List member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was first elected to parliament in 1989. Former general secretary of United National Party, Attanayak ...

are some of the party members who were the general secretaries in the past. Kapukotuwa held the General Secretary position of UNP from 2001 to 2004.

was one of the longest serving secretaries of the party but resigned from the position days before the presidential elections of 2015.

References

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