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Name Portrait Party Office Electoral District [3] Took office Left office Refs. Anura Kumara Dissanayake: National People's Power: President: Sri Lanka: 23 September 2024 [a] [4] [2] Minister of Defence: 24 September 2024 [a] Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development: 24 September 2024 [a] Minister of Digital Economy: 18 November ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 10 Jayewardene cabinet I: 23 July 1977: 7 September 1978: William Gopallawa (1972–1978) J. R. Jayewardene: United National Party: 11 Jayewardene cabinet II 7 September 1978: 1980: J. R. Jayewardene: 12 Jayewardene cabinet III 1980: 1988: 13 Jayewardene cabinet IV 1988: 2 January 1989: 14 Premadasa cabinet I: 2 January ...
Following the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord, the JVP launched its second insurrection against the Sri Lankan Government, and in 1987 a 19-year-old Dissanayake formally joined the JVP with his first cousin Sunil Dissanayake (Sunil Aiya), who convinced him to join while waiting for his GCE (AL) examination results.
The left-leaning alliance of Sri Lanka's new leader has secured a landslide victory in the country's snap parliamentary elections. Official results show President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's ...
As per the Sri Lankan Constitution, the President is a member of and head of the cabinet. [1] The president appoints as Prime Minister, a Member of Parliament who has the confidence of parliament. [1] Other ministers of the cabinet are appointed by the president in consultation with the prime minister. [2]
The Wickremesinghe cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Ranil Wickremesinghe. It was formed in July 2022, following the resignation of Wickremesinghe's predecessor, Gotabaya Rajapaksa .
The Kumaratunga cabinet saw the only significant period of co-habitation in Sri Lanka since the executive presidency was introduced in 1978. Between 2001 and 2004 President Kumaratunga, leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party / People's Alliance , had to share power with her opponents, the United National Party / United National Front .
She was the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) from 1994 to 2005. [1] [2] [3] The longest-serving Sri Lankan president, she was elected in 1994, when she defeated UNP candidate Srima Dissanayake in the largest landslide victory in Sri Lankan history, winning 62