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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.
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 ...
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Lists of provincial governors of Sri Lanka (13 P) Pages in category "Lists of political office-holders in Sri Lanka" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 18 December 2001 31 January 2002 378 12th: Office vacant: 31 January 2002 6 February 2002 6 12 Mahinda Rajapaksa මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ (born 1945) Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 6 February 2002 7 February 2004 730 Office vacant: 7 February 2004 22 April 2004 75 – (10) Ranil Wickremesinghe
The election signified a major political realignment in Sri Lanka. [10] Dissanayake's victory was the first time a third-party candidate was elected president. This was also the first election where neither of the top two candidates were endorsed by the United National Party or the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. "Sri Lanka". Leftist Parties of the World. 22 June 2004. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011 "The List of Political Party/Group in Sri Lanka (1945-2004)". Sri Lanka Statistics.