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United National Front (2001–2015) The UNF was formed as an alliance in 2001 to contest against the ruling SLFP -led People's Alliance led by president Chandrika Kumaratunga in the 2001 parliamentary elections. The alliance initially consisted of only the United National Party, the Ceylon Workers' Congress, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and ...
The United Front ( Sinhala: සමගි පෙරමුණ, romanized: Samagi Peramuna) was a political alliance in Sri Lanka, formed by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) and the Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) in 1968. It came to power in the 1970 general election.
t. e. Janatha Vimukti Peramuna leadership at May Day Celebration in Colombo in 1999. Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna [a] ( JVP / PLF; lit. 'People's Liberation Front') is a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Sri Lanka. [6] The party was formerly a revolutionary movement and was involved in two armed uprisings against the government of Sri Lanka ...
Sri Lanka has a multi-party political system. Starting from the early 1950s, Sri Lankan politics was mostly dominated by two political parties and their respective coalitions : the centre-left social democratic Sri Lanka Freedom Party. the centre-right liberal conservative United National Party. Recently, however, the influence of the two ...
2001–2019: Leader of the United National Front for Good Governance [ a] Ranil Wickremesinghe[ b] (born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who is the 9th and current President of Sri Lanka. [ 1][ 2] He also holds several ministerial positions, including the Minister of Finance, Minister of Defence, Minister of Technology and Minister of ...
First Executive President of Sri Lanka, J. R. Jayawardana After Dudley Senanayake's death in 1973, Jayewardene became the leader of the UNP and reorganized the party at the grassroots level. The United Front faced general disaffection from its economic policies and its brutal crackdown against a 1971 Marxist–Leninist insurrection by the ...
The Democratic United National Front ( DUNF; Sinhala: ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ, romanized: Prajathanthrvadi Eksath Jathika Peramuna, Tamil: ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி) is a political party in Sri Lanka. It was ...
Rauff Hakeem. ^ Minister of City Planning and Water Supply from September 2015. Abdul Rauff Hibbathul Hakeem (born 13 April 1960) is a Sri Lankan politician and current member of parliament, representing the Kandy electorate since 2010. Hakeem is the leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), and a member of the United National Front for ...