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Cabinet of Sri Lanka: Date formed: 18 November 2024 () People and organisations; Head of state: Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Head of government: Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Deputy head of government: Harini Amarasuriya: Total no. of members: 22: Member parties National People's Power: Status in legislature: Supermajority government
A national list member of parliament (national list MP) is a nominated member of parliament who is appointed by a political party or an independent group to the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The number of national list MPs allocated to a contesting party or an independent group depends on the proportion to their share of the national vote. A total ...
Kumara Jayakody is a Sri Lankan politician and an engineer, who has served as the Minister of Energy of the Government of Sri Lanka since November 2024. [1] He is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from National list since November 2024 as a member of the National People's Power. [2]
The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA), led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, won a large majority in the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election on 5 August 2020. [14] During their tenure, the government under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa faced multiple crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic crisis, which culminated into widespread protests ...
Sri Lanka and India signed a series of energy, development and trade agreements on Friday, signaling growing economic ties between the neighboring countries. Sri Lankan President Ranil ...
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka; In office 2020–2024: Constituency: Jaffna District: In office 2015–2020: Constituency: National List: Member of the Northern Provincial Council; In office 2013–2015: Succeeded by: Agilathas Sivakkolunthu: Constituency: Jaffna District: Personal details; Born 9 July 1983 (age 41) Political party: Sri ...
The relationship between Sri Lanka and India became tense under the government of J. R. Jayawardene. [139] [255] As a result, India intervened in the Sri Lankan Civil War and subsequently deployed an Indian Peace Keeping Force in 1987. [256] In the present, Sri Lanka enjoys extensive relations with China, [257] Russia, [258] and Pakistan. [259]
Prior to the establishment of formal diplomatic ties with India after Ceylon gained independence in 1948, the Government of British Ceylon maintained an official representative to the British Raj in India from 1942 to 1948. The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India is concurrently accredited as Ambassador to both Bhutan and Afghanistan.