Ranil Wickremesinghe is a Sri Lankan politician who is the 9th and current President of Sri Lanka. He also holds several ministerial positions,including the Minister of Finance,Minister of Defence,Minister of Technology and Minister of Women,Child Affairs and Social Empowerment.
Mangala Pinsiri Samaraweera was a Sri Lankan politician.
Dinesh Chandra Rupasinghe Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician serving as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 22 July 2022. He also holds the positions of Minister of Public Administration,Home Affairs,Provincial Councils and Local Government. Gunawardena has been leader of the left-wing Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) party since 1983,was briefly the de facto leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna from 2022 to 2023,and has taken cabinet positions under several previous governments,including Leader of the House from 2020 until 2022.
Nambukara Helambage Rajitha Harischandra Senaratne is a Sri Lankan dentist,politician,member of parliament and former cabinet minister. He is currently a member of parliament representing Kalutara district
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.
Maithripala Yapa Sirisena 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 of the country and does not belong to the traditional Sri Lankan political elite. He is currently a member of parliament from Polonnaruwa.
Dullas Daham Kumara Alahapperuma is a Sri Lankan politician and founder and current leader of the Freedom People's Congress. Alahapperuma is also a former Cabinet Minister of Information and Mass Media and a current Member of Parliament from the Matara District.
Matale 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 Matale in the Central province. The district currently elects five of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 342,684 registered electors in 2010.
Eran Wickramaratne,MP is a Sri Lankan banker and politician. He is the former State Minister of Finance and member of Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was the Deputy Minister of Investment Promotions and Highways under 100 days program. He was the CEO of NDB Bank from 2001 to 2010 and a former Chairman of the Information Communication Technology Agency (ICTA).
Vijayakala Maheswaran,MP is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician. A Member of Parliament from the Jaffna District,she is the former State Minister for Education and is a former State Minister of Child Affairs and Deputy Minister of Women's Affairs. She lost her seat in the parliament in 2020 general election.
Lohan Evindra Ratwatte is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the State Minister of gem and jewelry and a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District. He is the eldest son of General Anuruddha Ratwatte,former cabinet minister and deputy defense minister.
The 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka was a meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka,with the membership determined by the results of the 2010 parliamentary election held on 8 and 20 April 2010. The parliament met for the first time on 22 April 2010 and was dissolved on 26 June 2015.
Adawan Amal Praba Ganesan is a Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament. He is the current leader of the Democratic People's Congress (DPC),a member of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).
Reginald Cooray was a Sri Lankan teacher and politician. He was a provincial chief minister,a government minister,and governor of the Northern Province. He was briefly governor of the Central Province in April 2018,his tenure lasting less than 24 hours,making it the shortest of any governorship in Sri Lankan history.
Wasantha Aluwihare is a Sri Lankan politician from Matale and was a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka belonging to the United National Party. He was the former State Minister of Agriculture in the United National Party led unity government,He was earlier the Chief Minister of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. He is the son of Alick Aluwihare and brother of Ranjith Aluwihare. He also served as the Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment before given the state ministry.
Mahamood Lebbe Alim Mohamed Hizbullah is a Sri Lankan politician and state minister. He was a minor presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential elections.
Munasinghe Kariyawasam Appuhamilage Don Somadasa Gunawardana was a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of Parliament and government minister.
Imthiaz Bakeer Markar (Sinhala:ඉම්තියාස්බාකීර්මාකාර්is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He is a Member of Parliament from the National List of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya,he was a former Cabinet Minister of Media,Postal and Telecommunications from 2001 to 2004;State Minister of Housing from 1989 to 1993 and member of the parliament from the Kalutara District from 1989 to 2004. Bakeer Markar had served as the former Chairman of the National Media Centre and the former Vice President of the United National Party.
The following lists notable events that took place during the year 2022 in Sri Lanka.
