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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 ...
Antony Nimal Lanza Warnakulasooriya, Commonly known as Nimal Lanza(Sinhala: නිමල් ලාන්සා, Tamil: நிமல் லான்சா) is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, Sri Lanka Freedom Party - United People's Freedom Alliance/ United People's Freedom Alliance, from the Gampaha district
UPFA: Gampaha: 16 March 2008: 59 Cancer [48] Jeyaraj Fernandopulle: UPFA: Gampaha: 6 April 2008: 55 Assassinated [49] Reggie Ranatunga: UPFA: Gampaha: 31 May 2008 [50] 55 Alick Aluvihare: UNF: Matale: 17 May 2009: 83 [51] K. Pathmanathan: TNA: Ampara: 21 May 2009 [52] 60 Amarasiri Dodangoda: UPFA: Galle: 30 May 2009 [53] 67 Sarath Ranawaka: UNF ...
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]
He was elected to Sri Lanka's 13th Parliament as a UPFA national list MP on 19 December 2005, winning by-polls on a seat that had fallen vacant following the assassination of then Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar. He was appointed the Minister of Transport in 2007.
The Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (and its predecessors the National State Assembly, the House of Representatives and the State Council) who presides over sittings of Parliament in the absence of the Speaker. [1]
Amid the confusion, Wickremesinghe was appointed acting president by Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, the speaker of Sri Lanka’s Parliament, who said he was acting on instructions from Rajapaksa.
Hizbullah was one of the UPFA's candidates in Batticaloa District in the 2015 parliamentary election but the UPFA failed to win any seats in the district. [28] [29] However, after the election he was appointed as a UPFA National List MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament.