Mahinda Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015;the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2005,2018,and 2019 to 2022;the Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2004 and 2018 to 2019,and the Minister of Finance from 2005 to 2015 and 2019 to 2021. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kurunegala since 2015.
The 1987–1989 JVP insurrection,also known as the 1988–1989 revolt or the JVP troubles,was an armed revolt in Sri Lanka,led by the Marxist–Leninist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna,against the Government of Sri Lanka. The 1987–1989 insurrection,like the 1971 JVP insurrection,was unsuccessful. The main phase of the insurrection was a low-intensity conflict that lasted from April 1987 to December 1989. The insurgents led by the JVP resorted to subversion,assassinations,raids,and attacks on military and civilian targets while the Sri Lankan government reacted through counter-insurgency operations to suppress the revolt.
Nilenthi Nimal Siripala de Silva MP is a Sri Lankan politician currently serving as the Minister of Ports,Shipping and Aviation and former Cabinet Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation in 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was the former Leader of the Opposition,former Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management and former Leader of the House.
Yapa Appuhamilage Anura Priyadharshana 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.
Jayasiri Sarath Kumara Ranawaka was a Member of Parliament representing Kalutara Electoral District.
Chandima Weerakkody MP is a Member of Parliament representing the Galle District. He is currently a member of parliament representing Galle district.
Mallawa Arachchige Gamini Jayawickrama Perera,MP,is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka representing Kurunegala. He is currently the Cabinet Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife and Minister of Buddha Sasana. He was the former Cabinet Minister of Food Protection. He was elected as the chairman of ESCAP in April 2016. He was also the Chairman of United National Party (UNP) and the former Cabinet Minister for Irrigation and Water Management.
Uduwatuwage Janath Priya Thilanga Sumathipala MP is a Sri Lankan politician who was the former deputy speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka since 2015 and former President of Sri Lanka Cricket (2016–2019).
Weerakumara Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan politician and former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and member of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA). He was deputy minister of Ministry of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development from 2010 to 2015. In 2017 he left the National Freedom Front (NFF) to join the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
Galgamuwa Vidanalage Susantha Punchinilame is a Sri Lankan politician,originally from Ratnapura and the son of G. V. Punchinilame. He is a member of parliament and a government minister.
Weerasangilige Wimal Weerawansa is a Sri Lankan politician,Member of Parliament and current leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF). Weerawansa has served many cabinet positions,including Minister of Industries from 2020 to 2022,Minister of Small and Medium Business and Enterprise Development,Industries and Supply Chain Management from 2019 to 2020,Minister of Housing and Social Welfare in 2018 and the Minister of Construction and Housing from 2010 to 2015.
K. Piyasiri Wijenayake is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Sellapperumage Saman Piyasiri Fernando,was the military wing leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna during the 1987-89 insurrection in Sri Lanka,the JVP's military wing also known as Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya (DJV). His position in the JVP as the military commander was organizationally higher than the position of Rohana Wijeweera,the founder of the JVP.
Puttalam 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 Puttalam in the North Western province. The district currently elects 8 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 495,575 registered electors in 2010.
Reggie Padmasena Ranatunga was a Sri Lankan politician belonging to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He was the third Governor of Sabaragamuwa,serving between June 2005 and February 2008.
Handunnetti Rannulu Wimalasiri is a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Vijalath Pathirannehelage Lalith Wijeratne,popularly as Lalith Wijerathna,was a Sri Lankan politician and militant leader. He was a member of the JVP party in the period 1983-1990. He was known to be appointed as the third leader of the JVP after Rohana Wijeweera and Saman Piyasiri Fernando.
Rear Admiral Handunnetti Rannulu Amaraweera,WV,VSV,USP,RWP,RSP,DSP,RCDS (UK),Psc (USA). is a former Director Operations Sri Lanka Navy.
Asoka Nalanda Abeygunawardana is a Sri Lankan. He is an Electrical Engineer,environmentalist,social activist and the current Chairman / CEO of the Strategic Enterprise Management Agency at Presidential Secretariat,Sri Lanka
Nalanda Sampath Ellawala was a Sri Lankan politician.
