Reggie Perera

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Reggie Perera was Sri Lankan Trotskyist politician. [1] [2] He was member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party and was elected to the first parliament in 1947 and from 1959 to 1971 he was a member of the Senate of Ceylon. In 1971, he was appointed as Ceylon's Ambassador to Egypt.

Sri Lanka Island country in South Asia

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is the island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea. The island is geographically separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. The legislative capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, is a suburb of the commercial capital and largest city, Colombo.

The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka.

Senate of Ceylon Upper house of Ceylon

The Senate was the upper chamber of the parliament of Ceylon established in 1947 by the Soulbury Commission. The Senate was appointed and indirectly elected rather than directly elected. It was housed in the old Legislative Council building in Colombo Fort and met for the first time on 12 November 1947. The Senate was abolished on 2 October 1971 by the eighth amendment to the Soulbury Constitution, prior to the adoption of the new Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka on 22 May 1972. In 2010 there were proposals to reintroduce the Senate.

During World War II, he was imprisoned by the British for undermining the war effort along with Colvin R de Silva and N.M. Perera.

World War II 1939–1945 global war

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  1. ↑ Appreciation Reggie Perera
  2. ↑ Remembering the ebullient Reggie Perera
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