Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga,commonly referred to by her initials CBK,is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the fourth executive president of Sri Lanka,from 12 November 1994 to 19 November 2005. She previously served as the prime minister from August to November 1994 and the chief minister of the Western Province from 1993 to 1994. She is the country's first and only female president to date and the country's second female prime minister. She was the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) until the end of 2005.
Sri Lankabhimanya Dingiri Banda Wijetunga was the fourth President of Sri Lanka from 7 May 1993 to 12 November 1994,Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 3 March 1989 to 7 May 1993 and the Governor of North Western province,Sri Lanka from 1988 to 1989. He was awarded Sri Lanka's highest award to a civilian Sri Lankabhimanya in 1993 by President Ranasinghe Premadasa.
The Democratic United National Front is a political party in Sri Lanka. It was founded in the early 1990s by a group of United National Party dissidents who were critical of then-incumbent president Ranasinghe Premadasa. The party was led by Lalith Athulathmudali,Gamini Dissanayake who shared a joint presidency and G. M. Premachandra.
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major and most well known political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike in 1951 and,since then,has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in government on a number of occasions. The party is generally considered as having a democratic socialist or progressive economic agenda and is often associated with nationalist Sinhalese parties. The party follows a Non-Aligned foreign policy but always had close ties to socialist nations.
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).
Mangala Pinsiri Samaraweera was a Sri Lankan politician.
Lalith William Samarasekera Athulathmudali,PC,known as Lalith Athulathmudali,was a Sri Lankan politician. He was a prominent member of the United National Party,who served as Minister of Trade and Shipping;Minister National Security and Deputy Minister of Defence;Minister of Agriculture,Food and Cooperatives and finally Minister of Education. Following a failed impeachment of President Ranasinghe Premadasa,he was removed from the UNP and formed his own party,the Democratic United National Front. He was assassinated under mysterious circumstances in 1993.
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
Attanayake Mudiyanselage Kudabanda Tissa Attanayake is a Sri Lankan politician,who is a National List member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was first elected to parliament in 1989. Former general secretary of United National Party,Attanayake was appointed a Minister under the UNP government in 2001 and later by Rajapaksa in 2014. He only served 20 days under Rajapaksa. He resides in Colombo.
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.
Keheliya Rambukwella is a Sri Lankan politician,hotelier,film producer and former cabinet minister. He has served in multiple ministerial posts,including the former Minister of Mass Media and Information,Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare,Minister of Water Supply and Drainage,Minister of Health and Minister of Environment.
The New Democratic Front is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed in 1995 after Srimani Athulathmudali,widow of assassinated politician Lalith Athulathmudali,split from the Democratic United National Front.
Lalith Athulathmudali,the former Cabinet Minister of Trade,National Security,Agriculture,Education and Deputy Minister of Defence of Sri Lanka was killed at 8:10 p.m. Sri Lanka Time on 23 April 1993 in Kirulapana. Athulathmudali was fatally shot while addressing a gathering,approximately 4 weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province,May 1993.
Vasantha Senanayake is a Sri Lankan politician who was a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He belongs to the United National Party. He is a great grandson of D. S. Senanayake and cousin of Ruwan Wijewardene.
Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 8 January 2015,two years ahead of schedule. Incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance's candidate,seeking a third term in office. The United National Party (UNP)-led opposition coalition chose to field Maithripala Sirisena,the former Minister of Health in Rajapaksa's government and general secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) –the main constituent party of the UPFA –as its common candidate.
The 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka was the meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka with its membership determined by the results of the 2015 parliamentary election,held on 17 August 2015. The parliament met for the first time on 1 September 2015 and was dissolved on 3 March 2020.
Srimani Anoma Athulathmudali MP was a Sri Lankan politician and a former government minister who held the position of minister of Environment,Transport and Women's Affairs under the Wijetunga cabinet appointed by the former Sri Lankan president,D.B. Wijetunga. She died of cancer in 2004.
A constitutional crisis began in Sri Lanka when President Maithripala Sirisena appointed former president and member of parliament Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister on 26 October 2018 before formally dismissing the incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe,resulting in two concurrent Prime Ministers. Wickremesinghe and the United National Party (UNP) viewed the appointment as illegal,and he refused to resign.
In 2015 a coup d'état was allegedly attempted in Sri Lanka by former president Mahinda Rajapaksa in order to remain in power after he had been voted out in the 2015 Sri Lankan presidential election. Rajapaksa,who was expected to easily win a third term in office lost to Maithripala Sirisena,a former ally and member of the Rajapaksa administration. Though ultimately there was a peaceful transition between governments,some government officials claim Rajapaksa made an attempt to deploy the army and police to stop the counting of votes when initial results showed he was heading for defeat.
The second Sirisena cabinet was a central government of Sri Lanka led by President Maithripala Sirisena. It was formed in August 2015 after the parliamentary election and ended in October 2018 with the dismissal of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe,precipitating the 2018 constitutional crisis.
