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Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayake was born on 24 November 1968 in the village of Dewahuwa, Matale District, Central Province, Sri Lanka. [16] [unreliable source?] [11] His father who was an agricultural worker who later joined the surveyor's department as an office aide [17] [18] and his mother was a housewife. He has one ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Prime Minister: Harini Amarasuriya: Member of Parliament for National People's Power; Personal details; Born 19 May 1974 (age 50) Nationality: Sri Lankan: Political party: National People's Power: Spouse: Prabhashini Herath: Children: 2: Alma mater: University of Moratuwa Mahanama College Mahinda College: Occupation ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Minister of Disaster Management; In office 2010 – 12 January 2015: President: ... Alma mater: Vijitha Central College, Dickwella. Occupation:
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on Monday, promising change in the island nation long led by powerful political families which is ...
Dissanayake was elected to Parliament in 2000, and when the JVP entered an alliance with President Chandrika Kumaratunga, he briefly served as agriculture and irrigation minister. That alliance was formed to oppose a cease-fire agreement signed between then-Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the now-defeated Tamil Tiger rebels to resolve ...
Just over two years since Sri Lanka's 'Aragalaya' uprising that deposed the nation's president, the movement that sparked the mass struggle is rallying behind Anura Kumara Dissanayake to lead the ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of National People's Power alliance and its presidential candidate, says he's serving those who were part of public protests that ousted then-President Gotabaya ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake is the 10th and current president, having assumed office on 23 September 2024, after being declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] History