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On 11 February, the Election Commission accepted the appointment of Opposition Leader Premadasa as the leader of Samagi Jana Balawegaya and Ranjith Madduma Bandara as General Secretary. On 13 February, the Jathika Hela Urumaya , Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and Tamil Progressive Alliance announced their support for the new alliance.
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Under him the BJP projected itself as a centrist party that had moved away from the strident politics of the BJS. Vajpayee, often seen as the moderate face of the BJP, later became the first Prime Minister of India not from the Indian National Congress to serve a full term. 2 1986–1991 L. K. Advani: Gujarat [4] [7] [10] [11] [12]
The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election was the ninth presidential election in the country’s history and was held on 21 September 2024. [3] [4] Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first sitting president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015.
The number of people living below the poverty line in Sri Lanka has risen to 25.9% in the past four years. The World Bank expects the economy to grow by only 2.2% in 2024.
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.
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
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