Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa was the third President of Sri Lanka from 2 January 1989 to his assassination in 1993. Before that,he served as the Prime minister of Sri Lanka from 6 February 1978 to 2 January 1989. Premadasa is considered as the longest serving uninterrupted Prime Minister of Sri Lanka by serving in that post for nearly 11 years. He was the first person conferred Sri Lanka's highest civilian award Sri Lankabhimanya in 1986 by President J. R. Jayewardene.
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.
The United National Party is a centre-right political party in Sri Lanka. The UNP has served as the country's ruling party,or as part of its governing coalition,for 38 of the country's 74 years of independence,including the periods 1947–1956,1965–1970,1977–1994,2001–2004 and 2015–2019. The party also controlled the executive presidency from its formation in 1978 until 1994 and back in 2022.
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP),previously known as the "Karuna Group",is a political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed by Karuna Amman,a former leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam,after he defected from the organization in 2004. Initially a paramilitary group that helped the Sri Lankan Government fight the Tamil Tigers,the TMVP was registered as a political party in 2007. Under deputy leader Pillayan,they contested their first provincial elections in 2008,winning a majority in the Eastern Provincial Council. Members of the TMVP continue to carry arms under the auspices of the Sri Lankan government,which they claim is for their own safety from the Tamil Tigers,who carry out repeated attacks against them. The group is believed to be working with the Sri Lankan Army. They have been accused of human rights violation by local and international human rights organization.
The United People's Freedom Alliance was a political alliance in Sri Lanka founded by former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga in 2004 and dissolved by former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena in 2019.
The United National Front (UNF) later the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) was a political alliance in Sri Lanka led by the United National Party.
Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan is a Sri Lankan politician and former militant. Formerly a fighter for the Tamil separatist group,the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),for over 20 years,Muralitharan later rose to prominence after defecting from the LTTE and forming the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP),a breakaway faction of the LTTE.
The Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council elections,2008 was held on May 10,2008 to elect members to Sri Lanka’s Eastern Provincial Council. Following the successful completion of local government elections in the Batticaloa District,Sri Lanka’s Elections Department announced on March 14 that the elections for the Eastern Provincial Council were to be held in May,after a lapse of 20 years. It was only the second time direct elections are held to select members for the council,and first time for the Eastern Provincial Council alone,after it was separated from the North-Eastern Provincial Council in 2006.
Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan,served as Chief Minister of the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. He is also the leader of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP),a political party in Sri Lanka. A former armed fighter of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam organization,Chandrakanthan broke away from the Tamil Tigers along with Karuna Amman in April 2004,and became the deputy leader of the breakaway faction,renamed as the TMVP.
Batticaloa 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 Batticaloa in the Eastern province. The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 344,750 registered electors in 2010.
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
Abdul Rauff Hibbathul Hakeem is a Sri Lankan politician and current member of parliament,representing the Kandy electorate since 2010. Hakeem is the leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC),and a member of the United National Front for Good Governance.
Abdul Majeed Mohammed Naushad also known as Mohamed Naushad Majeed is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Basheer Segu Dawood is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.
The 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka was a meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka,with the membership determined by the results of the 2004 parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004. The parliament met for the first time on 22 April 2004 and was dissolved on 9 February 2010.
The All Ceylon Makkal Congress is a registered political party in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 2005 by Rishad Bathiudeen. Since 2020,the All Ceylon Makkal Congress has been a constituent party of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB).
Eravur Urban Council (EUC) is the local authority for the town of Eravur in eastern Sri Lanka. EUC is responsible for providing a variety of local public services including roads,sanitation,drains,housing,libraries,public parks and recreational facilities. It has 9 members elected using the open list proportional representation system.
Mahamood Lebbe Alim Mohamed Hizbullah is a Sri Lankan politician and state minister. He was a minor presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential elections.
Abdul Rauff Abdul Hafeez is a Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament.
The 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka is the current Parliament of Sri Lanka,with the membership determined by the results of the 2020 parliamentary election held on 5 August 2020. According to the Constitution of Sri Lanka the maximum legislative term of the parliament is 5 years from the first meeting.
