National People's Movement, often abbreviated as NPM (
Sinhala: ජාතික ජනතා ව්යාපාරය,
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
: தேசிய மக்கள் இயக்கம்) is a movement established on 18 December 2018 by joining two organisations, Deshodaya and United Professionals Movement with another 17 civil society groups, composed of intellectuals, professionals, teachers, entrepreneurs, young people and village communities
On 29 September 2019, NPM Announced that they will field former commander of Sri Lanka army,
General Mahesh Senanayake as their candidate for the
2019 Sri Lankan presidential election
Nineteen or 19 may refer to:
* 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20
* one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019
Films
* ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film
* ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film
Mus ...
Partners
National People's movement is a collaboration of following member organizations
* Deshodaya
* United Professionals Movement (UPM)
* Lawyers for Equal Rights
* Sri Lankan Engineers Association
* Trustees (Gte.) Ltd
* Jathika Janatha Commission
* Jathika Parisarika Sanvidana Ekamuthuwa
* Alliance for Political Conscience
* Paramparika Ha Deshiya Waidyawarunge Ekamuthuwa
* Jathika Guru Balaya
* Udara Sri Lanka Organization
* Independent Organization to Protect Depositors
* Mihithala Mithuro Environment Development Foundation
* Janatha Niyojanaye Purogami Sabhawa
* AI Imam Shafi Center for Education & Development
* Dambulu Govijana Vyaparaya
Key members
*
Vinya Ariyaratne
* Gamini Nanda Gunawardana
*
Gamini Wijesinghe
H. M. Gamini Wijesinghe was the 40th Auditor General of Sri Lanka. He was appointed on 27 November 2015, succeeding H. A. S. Samaraweera and served until April 2019. He previously held the office of Director General of the Sri Lanka Accounting and ...
* Dr. Ajith Kolonne
*
Mahesh Senanayake
*
Dr. Dayan Rajapakse
*
Sarath Chandrasiri Mayadunne
Sarath Chandrasiri Mayadunne ( si, සරත් චන්ද්රසිරි මායාදුන්නේ) is Sri Lankan civil servant and politician. He was the 36th Auditor General of Sri Lanka and was appointed to the Parliament of Sri L ...
*
Kamal Addararachchi
References
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Political organisations based in Sri Lanka
2018 establishments in Sri Lanka