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  • Thumbnail for Maithripala Sirisena
    Sirisena (Sinhala: පල්ලෙවත්‍ත ගමරාළලාගේ මෛත්‍රීපාල යාපා සිරිසේන; Tamil: பல்லேவத்த கமராளலாகே மைத்திரிபால யாப்பா சிறிசேன; born 3 September 1951) is a Sri...
    132 KB (10,981 words) - 23:48, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ranil Wickremesinghe
    Mano Wijeyeratne, Rajitha Senaratne, R.A.D. Sirisena, Mahinda Wijesekara, Naween Dissanayake, Hemakumara Nanayakkara, R. M. Dharmadasa Banda, Neomal Perera...
    134 KB (11,050 words) - 11:19, 7 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chandrika Kumaratunga
    family moved the year later to a mansion at Rosmead Place, Colombo purchased by her paternal grandfather. Her father S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was an Oxford...
    37 KB (3,542 words) - 00:16, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sirimavo Bandaranaike
    various social programmes before marrying and raising a family. Playing hostess to her husband S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, who founded the socialist SLFP in...
    122 KB (11,886 words) - 04:53, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
    President Maithripala Sirisena to stop protecting him and asked Hizbullah to resign. However despite heavy protests and criticism Sirisena appointed him as...
    34 KB (2,392 words) - 22:43, 5 November 2024
  • Ceylon Sinha Regiment (2CSR) based in Kandy under the command of Colonel S. D. Ratwatte. In 1960, his cousin Sirima Ratwatte Bandaranaike became prime minister...
    16 KB (1,497 words) - 17:40, 22 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for G. L. Peiris
    award. He won a Rhodes Scholarship to read for a PhD at University College, Oxford, and graduated in 1971. He also gained a second PhD from the University...
    15 KB (988 words) - 08:03, 17 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Douglas Devananda
    de guerre Douglas. Following his victory in the 1977 election, President J.R. Jayawardene appointed Nythiananda as the chairman of the newly formed Palmyrah...
    23 KB (2,003 words) - 02:57, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lakshman Kadirgamar
    old and he was looked after by his older sister Eeswari who married Dr. A.M.D. Richards. Kadirgamar received his primary education at C.M.S. Ladies' College...
    28 KB (3,110 words) - 10:33, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mahinda Rajapaksa
    in 2010 for a second term. Rajapaksa was defeated in his bid for a third term in the 2015 presidential election by Maithripala Sirisena, and he left...
    163 KB (13,164 words) - 17:12, 4 November 2024
  • List of Sri Lankan politicians (category Articles with hatnote templates targeting a nonexistent page)
    The following is a list of Sri Lankan politicians....
    5 KB (9 words) - 22:01, 7 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rauff Hakeem
    UPFA in December 2014 to support common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the presidential election. President Mahinda Rajapaksa dismissed Hakeem...
    35 KB (2,135 words) - 13:30, 6 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arumugam Thondaman
    Arumugam Ramanathan Thondaman (29 May 1964 – 26 May 2020) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as a Cabinet Minister. He was the grandson of prominent unionist...
    12 KB (833 words) - 16:59, 9 January 2024
  • Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (30 September 2000). "Obituary: A pioneering leader - M.H.M. Ashraff, 1948-2000". Frontline. 17 (20). Samad, Ashraff A. (16 September...
    22 KB (1,979 words) - 03:49, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
    illness. He was serving as the Senior Advisor to President Maithripala Sirisena at the time of his death. List of political families in Sri Lanka Politics...
    16 KB (1,055 words) - 16:46, 28 October 2024
  • Nalanda Sampath Ellawala (26 March 1967 – 11 February 1997) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was assassinated in 1997 aged 29. Nalanda Sampath Ellawala...
    5 KB (322 words) - 11:46, 6 October 2024
  • under the Wijetunga cabinet appointed by the former Sri Lankan president, D.B. Wijetunga. She died of cancer in 2004. Srimani Athulathmudali entered into...
    6 KB (404 words) - 01:00, 20 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vasudeva Nanayakkara
    a Sri Lankan left-wing politician, Member of Parliament and presidential candidate in the 1982 and 1999 Sri Lankan presidential elections. Born to a wealthy...
    13 KB (1,018 words) - 17:33, 22 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for R. Sampanthan
    under his leadership, decided to back Maithripala Sirisena as the common opposition candidate. Sirisena went on to win the election, succeeding incumbent...
    28 KB (1,712 words) - 23:14, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dullas Alahapperuma
    Nineteenth Amendment under President Sirisena which curtailed Presidential powers. He contested the 2015 General Election as a UPFA candidate from Matara district...
    12 KB (852 words) - 13:45, 27 October 2024
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