Ranil Wickremesinghe is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the ninth President of Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2024. Previously,he served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1993–1994,2001–2004,2015–2018,2018-2019 and in 2022. He held several ministerial roles,including Minister of Finance,Minister of Defence,Minister of Technology and Minister of Women,Child Affairs and Social Empowerment. Wickremesinghe has led the United National Party (UNP) since 1994 and has been Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on six occasions.
The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the supreme legislative body of Sri Lanka. It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the island. It is modeled after the British Parliament. The 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka was dissolved on 24 September 2024.
Dissanayake Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Lionel Gamini Dissanayake,PC was a prominent Sri Lankan politician,a powerful minister of the United National Party,and Leader of the Opposition. He was designated as the UNP candidate in the 1994 presidential election,but was then assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Don Alwin Rajapaksa was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament who represented the Beliatta electorate in Hambantota district from 1947 to 1965. A founding member of Sri Lanka Freedom Party and Cabinet Minister of Agriculture and Land in Wijeyananda Dahanayake's government,he was the father of two Sri Lankan Presidents;Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.
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.
Sajith Premadasa is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka and Member of Parliament for Colombo District. He is the current leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya.
Duminda Dissanayake,MP,is the current Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of the Ministry of Irrigation,former Minister of Agriculture,deputy minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development and a Member of Parliament from the Anuradhapura District.
Navin Eranjan Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan politician,and former Minister of Plantation Industries. A former Member of Parliament for United National Party Nuwara Eliya District,he is a son of Gamini Dissanayake a presidential candidate and grandson of Andrew Dissanayake who served as an MP for the Nuwara Eliya electorate and a deputy minister in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's government. His brother,Mayantha Dissanayake is an MP for UNP from Kandy District. He was educated at S. Thomas' Preparatory School and Royal College Colombo.
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena is a Sri Lankan politician and land proprietor. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2020 to 2024.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake,commonly referred to by his initials AKD,is a Sri Lankan politician,who is the tenth and current President of Sri Lanka since 23 September 2024.
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.
Unnanthi Piyankara Jayaratne,MP is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician who was Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2015. Previously he served as Minister of Ports and Aviation and the Minister for Irrigation and Water Management.
Wijeyadasa Rajapakse,MP,PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He was the Minister of Justice from 2022 to 2024 and from 2015 to 2017. He was the prime minister's nominee for the Constitutional Council of Sri Lanka.
The 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka was a meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka,with the membership determined by the results of the 2000 parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000. The parliament met for the first time on 18 October 2000 and was dissolved on 10 October 2001.
Lucky Dissanayake Jayawardana is a Sri Lankan politician who is a member of parliament United National Party for Kandy District and also the minister of city planning,water supply and higher education.
Siri Alexander Andrahennady is a Sri Lankan politician who has served as Deputy Chairman of Committees (2001–2004).
Vithana Arachchige Sugathadasa,OBE was a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the first Minister of Sports and twice as the Mayor of Colombo.
Arukathu Patabendige Jagath Pushpakumara,commonly known as Jagath Pushpakumara,is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.
