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The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA; Sinhala: එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya; Tamil: ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக் கூட்டணி) was a political alliance in Sri Lanka founded by former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga in 2004 and dissolved by former Sri ...
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena was a young MP when he openly criticised the 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka Accord for establishing a new provincial councils system in Sri Lanka. He along with Chandrakumara Wijeya Gunawardena, the member for Kamburupitiya voted against the bill in Parliament becoming the only two government members who voted against it.
On 20 January 2004, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the JVP got together to form the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA). [18] Weerawansa was one of the UPFA's candidates in Colombo District at the 2004 parliamentary election and was re-elected. [19] In June 2005, the JVP left the UPFA government.
Adawan Amal Praba Ganesan (Tamil: பிரபா கணேசன்; born 4 January 1964) is a Sri Lankan politician and former member of parliament. He is the current leader of the Democratic People's Congress (DPC), a member of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA). [1]
Dullas Daham Kumara Alahapperuma (born 14 May 1959) is a Sri Lankan politician and founder and current leader of the Freedom People's Congress. Alahapperuma is also a former Cabinet Minister of Information and Mass Media and a current Member of Parliament from the Matara District .
He contested the 2004 parliamentary election as a United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) candidate, but the UPFA failed to win any seats in the Batticaloa District. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] In 2004 and 2005, Hizbullah was chairman of the state-owned Airport and Aviation Services Limited, during which time he and his wife Sithy Rameeza Sahabdeen were ...
Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka 2024–present Incumbent: Lines of succession Preceded by. Harini Amarasuriya. Sri Lankan presidential line of succession
Following the elections, the CWC announced its unconditional support to the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), thereby allowing the UPFA to form a government. In the subsequent parliamentary elections in 2010, Musthapha contested for reelection as a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). With Faiszer as its candidate, the SLFP was ...