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The Uganda People's Union together with the Obote-led faction of the UNC formed a new party, the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), in March 1960. The DP and UPC parties became major political parties in Uganda. The UNC became less of a force, mainly because DP became popular and a new party, Kabaka Yekka, emerged. [7]
The National Congress (Tamil: தேசிய காங்கிரஸ், romanized: Tēciya Kāṅkiras; Sinhala: ජාතික කොංග්රසය, romanized: Jātika Koṁgrasaya) is a registered political party in Sri Lanka. [1] [2] It was founded in 2004 by A. L. M. Athaullah. [1]
The Ceylon National Congress played an instrumental role in the Sri Lankan independence movement. [3] Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam was the founding president of the party. [ 4 ] In October 1920, Sir James Peiris was elected president, staunchly supported by F. R. Senanayake and future prime minister D. S. Senanayake .
Sri Lanka map of Köppen climate classification. The climate is tropical and warm because of moderating effects of ocean winds. Mean temperatures range from 17 °C (62.6 °F) in the Central Highlands, where frost may occur for several days in the winter, to a maximum of 33 °C (91.4 °F) in low-altitude areas. Average yearly temperatures range ...
The Parliament of Uganda is the country's unicameral legislative body. The most significant of the Ugandan parliament's functions is to pass laws that will provide good governance in the country. The most significant of the Ugandan parliament's functions is to pass laws that will provide good governance in the country.
This article lists political parties in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has a multi-party political system. Starting from the early 1950s, Sri Lankan politics was mostly dominated by two political parties and their respective coalitions: the centre-left social democratic Sri Lanka Freedom Party; the centre-right liberal conservative United National Party
Ignatius Kangave Musaazi (1905–1990) formed the first political party in Uganda, namely the Uganda National Congress (UNC) party on 2 March 1952. [1] Musaazi became its first president, and Abubaker Kakyama Mayanja was the party's first secretary general.
South Africa: African National Congress; Sri Lanka: National Congress (Sri Lanka) Sudan: National Congress Party (Sudan), an Islamist, pan-Arabist party, given the name National Congress Party c. 1988/1989; Sudanese Congress Party, a social-democratic party, initially created as the National Congress in 1986