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    In Sri Lanka, the Leader of the Opposition is the leader of the largest political party in Parliament that is not a part of the government. This is usually...
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  • in the French Senate Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka) The Leader of the Opposition (Belarus) Leader of the Main Opposition (Turkey) Leader of the Opposition...
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    Sajith Premadasa (category Leaders of the Opposition (Sri Lanka))
    1967) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current Leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka and Member of Parliament for Colombo District. He is the current...
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    Anura Bandaranaike (category Leaders of the Opposition (Sri Lanka))
    March 2008) was a Sri Lankan politician, served as Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2000-2001) and Leader of the Opposition (1983–1988). He held...
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    The Sri Lankan Civil War (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē sivil yuddhaya; Tamil: இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர், romanized: Ilaṅkai...
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    The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP; Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, romanized: Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; Tamil: இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, romanized: Ilaṅkai...
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    R. Sampanthan (category Leaders of the Opposition (Sri Lanka))
    elections. The Speaker of the Parliament recognised Sampanthan as Leader of the Opposition on 3 September 2015. During the 2015 Sri Lankan presidential...
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  • criticised by Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, who claimed that Russian airline Red Wings Airlines had ceased operating flights to Sri Lanka due in...
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    Ranil Wickremesinghe (category Leaders of the Opposition (Sri Lanka))
    a Sri Lankan politician who is the 9th and current President of Sri Lanka. He also holds several ministerial positions, including the Minister of Finance...
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    Nimal Siripala de Silva (category Leaders of the Opposition (Sri Lanka))
    Parliament of Sri Lanka, former Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management and former Leader of the House. He is a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom...
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    People's Freedom Alliance loyal to its former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa. The result of a split from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), a centre-left, Sinhalese...
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    Gamini Dissanayake (category Leaders of the Opposition (Sri Lanka))
    Sri Lankan politician, a powerful minister of the United National Party, and Leader of the Opposition. He was designated as the UNP candidate in the 1994...
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    alliance led by Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa. It is the largest opposition party in the Parliament of Sri Lanka since 2020. The alliance was...
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    November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015; the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2005...
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    Sunday, three churches in Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital, Colombo, were targeted in a series of coordinated ISIS-related terrorist...
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  • The following lists notable events that will occur and take place during 2024 in Sri Lanka. 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis Operation Yukthiya...
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    presidential election in Sri Lanka where no sitting president, prime minister or opposition leader ran for president. The President of Sri Lanka is elected via...
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  • of notable Tamils of Sri Lanka by their country of domicile or origin. All communities that speak (or spoke) Tamil and originally came from Sri Lanka...
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  • N. M. Perera (category Leaders of the Opposition (Sri Lanka))
    1904 – 14 August 1979), was one of the leaders of the Sri Lankan Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). He was the first Trotskyist to become a cabinet...
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    J. R. Jayewardene (category Leaders of the Opposition (Sri Lanka))
    in Sri Lanka as J.R., was a Sri Lankan lawyer, Public official and a stateman who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1978 and as the second...
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    Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka are Tamil people of Indian origin in Sri Lanka. They are also known as Malayaga Tamilar, Hill Country Tamils, Up-Country Tamils...
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    The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa, Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம்...
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    Sirimavo Bandaranaike (category Leaders of the Opposition (Sri Lanka))
    was a Sri Lankan politician. She was the world's first female prime minister when she became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (then the Dominion of Ceylon)...
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    held in the Parliament of Sri Lanka on 20 July 2022 following the resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 14 July. The president of Sri Lanka was elected...
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  • A. Amirthalingam (category Leaders of the Opposition (Sri Lanka))
    1989) was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Member of Parliament and Leader of the Opposition. Amirthalingam was assassinated by the Tamil Tigers. Amirthalingam...
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  • Thumbnail for 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis
    The 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis was a political crisis in Sri Lanka due to the power struggle between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the people...
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    The national symbols of Sri Lanka are the national anthem, flag, emblem, flower, tree, bird, butterfly, gemstone and sport. They represent the country...
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    Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (category Leaders of the Opposition (Sri Lanka))
    Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2010, and also served as the Leader of the Opposition...
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    S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (category Leaders of the Opposition (Sri Lanka))
    Lanka), serving from 1956 until his assassination. The founder of the left-wing and Sinhalese nationalist Sri Lanka Freedom Party, his tenure saw the...
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    The 2022 Sri Lankan protests, commonly known as Aragalaya (Sinhala: අරගලය, lit. 'The Struggle'), were a series of mass protests that began in March 2022...
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