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Maithripala Sirisena
Maithripala Yapa Sirisena (; ; born 3 September 1951) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the seventh president of Sri Lanka from 9 January 2015 to 18 November 2019. Sirisena is Sri Lanka's first president from the North Central Province, Sri Lanka, North Central Province of the country and does not belong to the traditional Sri Lankan political elite. He entered as a member of parliament from Polonnaruwa back in 2020 and ended his tenure in 2024. Sirisena joined mainstream politics in 1989 as a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and has held several ministries since 1994. He was the general-secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and was Minister of Health (Sri Lanka), Minister of Health until November 2014 when he announced his candidacy in the 2015 Sri Lankan presidential election, 2015 presidential election as the opposition coalition's "common candidate", thus leading to him running against party leader and incumbent president Mahinda Rajapaksa. His victory in the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Excellency
Excellency is an honorific style (manner of address), style given to certain high-level officers of a sovereign state, officials of an international organization, or members of an aristocracy. Once entitled to the title "Excellency", the holder usually retains the right to that courtesy throughout their lifetime, although in some cases the title is attached to a particular office and is held only during tenure of that office. Generally people addressed as ''Excellency'' are heads of state, heads of government, governors, ambassadors, Roman Catholic bishops, high-ranking ecclesiastics, and others holding equivalent rank, such as heads of international organizations. Members of royal families generally have distinct addresses such as Majesty, Highness, etc.. While not a title of office itself, the honorific ''Excellency'' precedes various titles held by the holder, both in speech and in writing. In reference to such an official, it takes the form ''His'' or ''Her Excellency''; in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khadga Prasad Oli
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (; born 22 February 1952), commonly known as K. P. Sharma Oli or simply K. P. Oli (English pronunciation: , ), is a Nepalese politician who is serving as the prime minister of Nepal since 15 July 2024. Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) since 2014, he previously served as prime minister on two consecutive occasions, from October 2015 to August 2016 and from February 2018 to July 2021. He has been the Federal Parliament of Nepal, Member of Parliament for Jhapa 5 (constituency), Jhapa 5 since 2017. He previously served as an MP for Jhapa 6, Jhapa 2 (constituency), Jhapa 2, and Jhapa 7. Oli opposed 2015 Nepal blockade, India's 2015 blockade of Nepal. He strengthened relations with China as an alternative to Nepal's traditionally close trade ties with India and updated the map of Nepal by constitutional amendment to include India–Nepal border#Border disputes, territories disputed with India, for which he has received so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)
The People's Alliance (PA; ; ) is a political alliance in Sri Lanka, founded by President Chandrika Kumaratunga in 1994. The alliance came to power following its victory in the general elections that year, ending 17 years of United National Party (UNP) rule. The alliance was dissolved in favor of a new SLFP-led alliance in 2004. In 2025, the alliance saw a revival and contested in the local government elections that year. History Chandrika Kumaratunga era The People's Alliance was founded in 1994 after Chandrika Kumaratunga succeeded her mother, former prime minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, as the leader of the SLFP. The alliance was formed as a coalition consisting of the SLFP and other smaller leftist parties. The alliance won its first elections, the 1994 parliamentary elections, in a landslide victory, defeating their main opposition the United National Party. The PA won 105 seats out of 225 in the parliament and formed a government with the support of the Sri Lanka Musl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)
The New Democratic Front (abbrv. NDF; , ) is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. It was formed as a political party in 1995 after Srimani Athulathmudali, widow of assassinated politician Lalith Athulathmudali, split from the Democratic United National Front. The party was originally named the Democratic United National Lalith Front, after the politician, until it was renamed in 2009. In 2010, 2015, and 2019, the party served as a political front for supporting Sri Lankan presidential candidates in presidential elections by the United National Party and its allies. In 2024, the party was relaunched as an alliance of MPs loyal to former president Ranil Wickremesinghe who had also supported the president in his unsuccessful reelection campaign. The alliance contested the 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections and won six seats. History In the early 1990s, Lalith Athulathmudali was a prominent United National Party politician and dissident of president Ranasinghe Premadasa and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United People's Freedom Alliance
The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA; ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ) was a political alliance in Sri Lanka founded by former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga in 2004 and dissolved by former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena in 2019. History The United People's Freedom Alliance was born out of a memorandum of understanding signed by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) in 2004. The agreement was the result of a year's negotiations between the two parties, and broadly outlined common goals in the areas of the economy, ethnic harmony, democracy, culture and foreign policy, areas in which the two parties shared common disagreements with the ruling UNP-led United National Front, which was in power at the time. The agreement did not go into specifics on how differences between the two parties would be resolved, particularly in the area of their differing visions of the solution to the country's ethnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (Abbreviation, abbreviated SLPFA; ; ) was a political alliance led by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna formed in 2019. Initially, the alliance consisted of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and fifteen smaller parties. Since 5 April 2022, the alliance has been functionally dissolved, after many of the SLPP's former allies left the SLFPA to join the opposition amidst the Sri Lankan economic crisis (2019–present), Sri Lankan economic crisis and 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis. History On 31 October 2019, seventeen parties including the SLPP and SLFP signed an agreement at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute in Colombo to form the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance. The seventeen parties included: The alliance supported SLPP candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election, 2019 presidential election. It had planned to contest the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Ceylon
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (; ) is a communist party in Sri Lanka. In the 2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004 legislative election, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats. History The CPSL was founded as the Communist Party of Ceylon in 1943 and was a continuation of the United Socialist Party. The USP had been formed out of the Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist wing of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party. The USP was proscribed by the colonial authorities. The USP and then the CPC was initially led by Dr. S. A. Wickramasinghe. In 1952 Wickremesinghe's wife, the English-born Doreen Young Wickremasinghe, a former leader of the Suriya-Mal Movement, was elected to the Sri Lankan parliament. In 1963 the Communist Party, Lanka Sama Samaja Party and the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna formed the United Left Front (1963). The ULF broke down in 1964 when the then Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominion Of Ceylon
Ceylons:Sri Lanka Independence Act 1947, The Sri Lanka Independence Act 1947 uses the name "Ceylon" for the new dominion; nowhere does that Act use the term "Dominion of Ceylon", which although sometimes used was not the official name. was an independent country in the Commonwealth of Nations from 1948 to 1972, that Monarchy of Ceylon (1948–1972), shared a monarch with other Dominion, dominions of the Commonwealth. In 1948, the British British Ceylon, Colony of Ceylon was granted independence as Ceylon. In 1972, the country became a Republics in the Commonwealth of Nations, republic within the Commonwealth, and its name was changed to Sri Lanka. History Independence and growth Following the Second World War, public pressure for independence increased. The British-ruled British Ceylon, Colony of Ceylon achieved independence on 4 February 1948, with an amended constitution taking effect on the same date. Independence was granted under the Ceylon Independence Act 1947. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yagoda, Sri Lanka
Yagoda () is a small town situated approximately from Gampaha and to the north-east of Colombo. It falls within the Gampaha Electorate. Transport Yagoda is the 14th railway station from Colombo Fort on the Main Line, which links Colombo and Kandy. Notable individuals * Maithripala Sirisena ( 7th President of Sri Lanka The president of Sri Lanka ( ''Śrī Laṅkā Janādhipati''; ''Ilaṇkai janātipati'') is the head of state and head of government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The president is the chief executive of the union governm ...) - birthplace References {{Reflist Populated places in Gampaha District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polonnaruwa Electoral District
Polonnaruwa electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Polonnaruwa in the North Central province. The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 280,337 registered electors in 2010. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 18. Polling Divisions The Polonnaruwa Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions: A: Minneriya B: Medirigiriya C: Polonnaruwa Presidential Elections 1982 Presidential Election Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district: 1988 Presidential Election Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district: 1994 Presidential Election Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district: 1999 Presidential Election Results of the 4th pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
Yapa Appuhamilage Anura Priyadharshana (known as Anura Priyadharshana Yapa born 18 January 1959) MP for Kurunegala former Cabinet Minister of Disaster Management in 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka. Anura Priyadharshana Yapa is also the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He was also Sri Lanka's former Cabinet Minister of Petroleum and a Member of Parliament representing the Kurunegala District. He is a lawyer by profession and was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo. See also * Cabinet of Sri Lanka In Sri Lanka, the Cabinet of Ministers is the council of senior ministers responsible and answerable to the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The President is a member of the cabinet and its head. The Dissanayake cabinet is the incumbent central gov ... References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yapa, Anura Priyadharshana Sri Lankan Buddhists Sinhalese people Sri Lankan lawyers Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka Membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chairman Of The Sri Lanka Freedom Party
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP; ; ) is a centre-left political party in Sri Lanka. Founded by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike in 1951, the party was one of Sri Lanka's two main parties from the 1950s to the 2010s, serving as the main rival of the centre-right United National Party. Following a split in the late 2010s and subsequent electoral losses, the influence of the party has since diminished. The party is generally considered as having a democratic socialist or progressive economic agenda and is often associated with Sinhalese nationalist parties. The party follows a non-aligned foreign policy but has historically had close ties to socialist nations. History The Sri Lanka Freedom Party was founded in 1951, when long-standing United National Party stalwart S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike defected from the party and crossed over to the opposition with several of his other close associates. His party, the Sinhala Maha Sabha, was dissolved and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party was inaugura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
