Hon. Tiran Alles | |
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ටිරාන් අලස් திரான் ஆலஸ் | |
Minister of Public Security | |
Assumed office 20 May 2022 | |
President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe Dinesh Gunawardena |
Preceded by | Prasanna Ranatunga |
Member of Parliament for National List | |
Assumed office 20 August 2020 | |
In office 22 April 2010 –26 June 2015 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 3 June 1960 |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | United People's Party |
Other political affiliations | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance Democratic National Alliance |
Parent | R. I. T. Alles (Father) |
Alma mater | Royal College,Colombo |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Businessman |
Tiran Alles,MP is a Sri Lankan businessman and politician. He is a current member of Parliament of Sri Lanka and the Minister of Public Security. [1] Alles had entered politics as an ally of former General Sarath Fonseka and a member of parliament for Fonseka's Democratic National Alliance in 2010. Leaving parliament in 2015,he returned as a member of Mahinda Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and the leader of the United People's Party in 2020 and became a minister in 2022.
He was the former chairman of Airport and Aviation Services. [2]
The eldest son of the late leading educationists R. I. T. Alles, [3] he was educated at the Royal College Colombo.
In 1988,he launched the company Communication &Business Equipment (CBE) with 10 employees. He also acted as the chairman of the Bandaranaike International Airport and launched a major expansion program of the airport. CBE also launched 2 newspapers: Mawbima and The Sunday Standard . [3]
In 2002,he started a mobile telephony business in Sri Lanka after securing exclusive distribution rights,which led to a political controversy a few years later. [4]
Tiran Alles worked for Mangala Samaraweera when he became the campaign manager for President Mahinda Rajapaksa (2004–2005) of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He was later accused of fomenting a pact,the Rajapaksa-LTTE pact,that led to the boycott of the 2005 elections in the north and east of the country,thus allowing Rajapaksa' victory. [3]
In 2010,he supported the electoral campaign of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and took part in General Sarath Fonseka's presidential campaign against Rajapaksa. After the election loss,he became the chairman of Fonseka's new alliance,the Democratic National Alliance (DNA),for the 2010 parliamentary election,of which the JVP had been a part. Although the alliance won a very little result in the election,he subsequently became a member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for the DNA through a national list seat. [4] [3]
In 2020,he was reappointed to the Parliament through the national list of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna,led by new prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. In May 2022,when Rajapaksa resigned,he was appointed the minister of Public Security in the new government.
Starting in December 2023,Alles has been heavily involved in Operation Yukthiya,an anti-drug effort conducted by Sri Lankan Police where over 38,525 suspects being arrested as of 17 January 2024. [5] He has dismissed criticism from groups such as the United Nations Human Rights Council and reaffirmed his commitment to the operation. [6]
Alles presented the online safety act in January 2024 despite criticism from local and international activists,governments and technology companies. The opposition made claim the act was presented without Supreme Court recommendation. Most activists said that the act was presented by Alles to help the government that was falling in popularity. In February Alles had to make 47 amendments to the act only after 13 days after passing it. [7]
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