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  2. List of national presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party

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    Under him the BJP projected itself as a centrist party that had moved away from the strident politics of the BJS. Vajpayee, often seen as the moderate face of the BJP, later became the first Prime Minister of India not from the Indian National Congress to serve a full term. 2 1986–1991 L. K. Advani: Gujarat [4] [7] [10] [11] [12]

  3. List of presidents of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The president of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the chief executive of Sri Lanka. The president is a dominant political figure in the country. The office was created in 1972, as more of a ceremonial position. It was empowered with executive powers by the 1978 Constitution introduced by J. R. Jayewardene.

  4. Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna - Wikipedia

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    Rebuilt the JVP after almost all its top leaders were eliminated between 1989 and 1990. Continued to be its leader until his retirement in February 2014. Anura Kumara Dissanayake: 2 February 2014 – present Current leader of the JVP and President of Sri Lanka since 2024. [87]

  5. Heads of state of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Between 1815 and 1948, Sri Lanka was a British Crown colony. Although the British monarch was the head of state, in practice his or her functions were exercised in the colony by the colonial Governor, who acted on instructions from the British government in London.

  6. William Gopallawa - Wikipedia

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    William Gopallawa MBE (Sinhala: විලියම් ගොපල්ලව, Tamil: வில்லியம் கோப்பல்லாவ; 17 September 1896 – 31 January 1981) was a Sri Lankan politician and statesman who served as the last Governor-General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972 and the first and only non-executive President of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1978, when Ceylon declared ...

  7. Samagi Jana Balawegaya - Wikipedia

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    The Jathika Hela Urumaya, Tamil Progressive Alliance, and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress agreed to join the new alliance on 12 February 2020. [ 23 ] In December 2023, the SJB announced that they would form an alliance in 2024 with other political parties, including the Freedom People's Congress , a breakaway party of the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana ...

  8. List of prime ministers of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    In 1972, the country was renamed as the Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka, and the position was known as the prime minister of Sri Lanka from then onwards. The prime minister also held the unified Ministry of External Affairs and Defence until 1977, when the government of J. R. Jayewardene split the ministry into two ...

  9. 1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election - Wikipedia

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    LankaNewspapers.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. "Table 32 Parliament Election (1952)". Sri Lanka Statistics. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011; Rajasingham, K. T. (10 November 2001). "Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces". Asia Times. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.