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List of Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka


There have been fourteen Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka since the creation of the position in 1947, prior to the formation of the Dominion of Ceylon. The Prime Minister of Ceylon was the head of the government until 1978. In 1972, the country was named as the "Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka" and the position was known as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from then onwards. The Prime Minister also held the unified Ministry of External Affairs and Defence until 1977, when J.R. Jayewardene's government adapted
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minister has been provided by the Sri Lanka Police. During emergencies military units have been allocated to bolster security. At present the Prime Minister's Security Division is in charge of security of the Prime Minister. The post of Prime Minister of Ceylon was created in 1947 prior to independence from Britain and the formation of the Dominion of Ceylon in 1948. United National Party leader D. S. Senanayake became the first Prime Minister of Then Ceylon in 1947 after independence. In 1972 when Sri Lanka became a republic the name of the post changed
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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2013


and also sought the temporary suspension of Sri Lanka from the Commonwealth until Sri Lanka takes steps to grant what they call similar rights to Tamils as those enjoyed by Sinhalese. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced his decision not to participate in the event due to pressure from the regional Tamil party regarding Sri Lanka's alleged human rights record. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, who represented India at the summit in the prime minister's place, said: "The position we have taken is, it is not a boycott." The
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Prime Minister of Sri Lanka


The Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( ; Ilaṅkai piratamar) is the most senior member of parliament in the cabinet of ministers in Sri Lanka which is collectively accountable for their policies and actions to parliament. The President is both head of state and head of government in Sri Lanka. Since 1978, most prime ministers have served as mere deputies to the executive presidency, while at times served as the "de facto" head of government. On 16 December 2018, Ranil Wickramasinghe was appointed as the Prime
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Prime Minister's Office (Sri Lanka)


The Prime Minister's Office is a ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka. It provides the administrative and institutional framework for the exercise of the duties and responsibilities vested in the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. From 1947 to 1978 it was the most powerful office within the government. However, after the creation of the executive presidency in 1978 the post of Prime Minister became more or less nominal and functions as a deputy to the President, with a few exceptions. Traditionally the Prime Minister maintained offices at his official residence Temple Trees
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List of SAARC summits


Sri Lanka and the prime ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal. The twelfth summit was held in Islamabad, on 4–6 January 2004, and was attended by the presidents of the Maldives and Sri Lanka and the prime ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan. The thirteenth summit was held in Dhaka, on 12–13 November 2005, and was attended by the prime ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Pakistan, the presidents of the Maldives and Sri Lanka, and the king of Nepal and attended
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Australia–Sri Lanka relations


Australia–Sri Lanka relations are foreign relations between Australia and Sri Lanka. Australia has a High Commission in Colombo, likewise, Sri Lanka has a High Commission in Canberra. Both Australia and Sri Lanka are members of the Commonwealth. After gaining independence from the United Kingdom, Ceylon opened a High Commission in Canberra in 1949. In 1951 Ceylon’s Prime Minister D.S. Senanayake was the first high profile diplomatic visitor to Australia, which was followed by Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala in 1954. President Junius Richard Jayewardene visited Australia in 1978
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Donald Hewagama


by Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. This appointment was endorsed by the Opposition in Parliament of Sri Lanka at that time headed by Mr. J.R. Jayawardene, and he served till 1982 October 22 as the first Sri Lankan to hold this position. At the start of his career he presided over the court martial held with regard to the assassination attempt of Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranayake, the then Prime Minister, a coup planned within the Sri Lanka Army. He died on 18 December 2009. When the Indo – Sri Lanka
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to Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. With a Westminster-based political system established the Prime Minister was the head of government therefore held the most powerful political office of the country at the time. This changed with a constitutional change in 1978, when the Executive Presidency was created, making the President both head of state and head of government. Until 1978 the Prime minister was also the Minister of Defence and External Affairs. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President as a member of the cabinet of ministers. In the event
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Radio Ceylon


, such was the station's advertising power. M Radio Ceylon became a public corporation on 30 September 1967 and the station's name was changed to the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation. Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake appointed a distinguished Ceylonese civil servant, Neville Jayaweera to head the CBC. When Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972 the station underwent yet another name change as the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC). In December 2005 Sri Lanka celebrated its 80th anniversary . On January 5, 2007 the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation celebrated forty years as
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Prime Minister of Sri Lanka


such as situation, the office of Prime Minister is vacant or the prime minister is unable to act, the Speaker shall act in the office of President. The president may appoint the prime minister to exercise, perform and discharge the powers, duties and functions of the office of President for a period during the president is unable to exercise, perform and discharge the powers, duties and functions of his office due to illness, absence from Sri Lanka or any other cause. The Prime Minister would receive a salary (as of
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List of Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka


two separate ministries, forming the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1978, Prime Minister J.R. Jayewardene introduced new constitutional changes. The position of the Executive President was introduced, resulting in the powers of the Prime Minister being reduced. The President became the head of state and head of government, and the Prime Minister became a nominal position. Under the current constitution of Sri Lanka, the Prime Minister is the leader of the Cabinet business and also functions as a deputy to the President. In the event
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Prime Minister's Lodge


Prime Minister's Lodge (also known as the "Prime Minister's Cottage") is a country house in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. It is the vacationing and country residence of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. Located within the limits of the Nuwara Eliya Municipal Council along the Queen Elizabeth Drive, in close proximity to the Queen's Cottage. The property is administered by the Prime Minister's Office, while the grounds and garden are maintained by the Department of National Botanical Gardens On 23 February 2007 the building was formally
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Australia–Sri Lanka relations


. In 2011 President Mahinda Rajapaksa participated in the CHOGM summit in Perth, Australia. In 2017 Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and President Maithripala Sirisena made state visits to Australia. Prime Ministers Sir Robert Menzies, Gough Whitlam and Tony Abbott have visited Sri Lanka. In November 2017 PM Malcolm Turnbull visited to Sri Lanka. The Australian Government has expressed concern over the conflict between the Sri Lankan Government and the Tamil Tigers. In October 2008, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith told his Sri Lankan counterpart that military action alone will not solve the
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Sri Lanka–United States relations


Sri Lanka – United States relations are bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and the United States. In a 2005 BBC World Service Poll, 30% of Sri Lankans view American influence positively, with 20% expressing a negative view. According to the 2012 U.S. Global Leadership Report, 14% of Sri Lankans approve of U.S. leadership, with 37% disapproving and 49% uncertain. In 2004 Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe was invited to the White House by President George W. Bush, this was the 1st time a Sri Lankan prime minister was
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presidents such as Kumaratunga and Rajapaksa. While certain Prime Ministers such as Wickremesinghe have chosen to stay at his personal residence. For ground travel, the prime minister uses the prime ministerial car, which is an armored black Mercedes-Benz S-Class (S600) Pullman Guard. For domestic air travel, helicopters from the No. 4 (VVIP/VIP) Helicopter Squadron of the Sri Lanka Air Force are used while for long distance travel, regular flights of the Sri Lankan Airlines are used. Traditionally security for the prime
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Women in the Sri Lankan Parliament


women have become Prime Minister and one has gone on to become the President of Sri Lanka. Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world's first female head of government on 21 July 1960, holding the post for a non-consecutive 17 years. Her daughter, Chandrika Kumaratunga, became Sri Lanka's first modern female head of state and president. This marked the first time that a female prime minister directly succeeded another female prime minister, and is also the first time that a nation possessed a female prime minister and a female president simultaneously
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12th Parliament of Sri Lanka


of the five SLMC MPs elected under their party's name (the SLMC contested under its name in three districts and with the UNF in all other districts). On 9 December 2001, President Chandrika Kumaratunga appointed Ranil Wickremasinghe, the leader of the UNF, as the new Prime Minister. The rest of the government, comprising 24 Ministers, 28 Project Ministers and 8 Deputy Ministers, were sworn in on 12 December 2001. The 12th parliament saw the only significant period of co-habitation in Sri Lanka since the executive presidency
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widow of Bandaranaike, took office as prime minister in 1960, and withstood an attempted coup d'état in 1962. During her second term as prime minister, the government instituted socialist economic policies, strengthening ties with the Soviet Union and China, while promoting a policy of non-alignment. In 1971, Ceylon experienced a Marxist insurrection, which was quickly suppressed. In 1972, the country became a republic named Sri Lanka, repudiating its dominion status. Prolonged minority grievances and the use of communal emotionalism as an election campaign weapon by
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Soviet Union–Sri Lanka relations


Diplomatic relations between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka began in 1956 under the leadership of prime minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike. Under the Sri Lanka Freedom Party the country started moving towards a foreign policy of neutrality and non-alignment so the prime minister established strong diplomatic ties with the Soviet Bloc to counter the pro western policy of the United National Party.Soviet Union granted 120 million LKR as economic aid to prime minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike shortly after establishing diplomatic ties. Total
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Prime Minister's Security Division


Prime Minister's Security Division (PMSD) is a unit of the Sri Lanka Police charged with the close protection of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. It is headed by a gazetted officer of the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG). The unit consists of both uniformed and non-uniformed officers who provide close protection and guard Prime Ministerial residences. Police officers from the "Ceylon Police Force" were assigned to protect the Prime Minister of Ceylon since the post was established in 1947. These policemen were randomly
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Minister of Defence (Sri Lanka)


The Minister of Defence is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka who is responsible for the implementation of the Government of Sri Lankas defence policy and the headquarters of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. The post was first created in 1947 as Minister of External Affairs and Defence, in 1978 the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence separated into two ministries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence. Prior to the separation of the post the Minister of External Affairs and Defence was held by the Prime Minister since 1947,
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friend of Sri Lanka, as also a close personal friend. He stressed that he greatly valued the mutually beneficial ties between India and Sri Lanka, and remained steadfast to work with the Prime Minister for further strengthening them." On 26 October 2018, the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) withdrew from the government, ending the national government that was in place since 2015. The same day, Sirisena also alleged that a cabinet minister was involved but did not name the cabinet minister. However said "Under these political
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List of Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka


a president dies in office, the Prime Minister becomes the acting president until the Parliament convenes to elect a successor or new elections can be held to elect a new president. This was the case in 1993, when President Ranasinghe Premadasa was assassinated and Prime Minister Dingiri Banda Wijetunge took office as President. On 28 April 2015, the Parliament approved the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka which gives the power of the Government to the Prime Minister, while the President remains the head of state, head of the cabinet,
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Cabinet of Sri Lanka


The Cabinet of Sri Lanka is the council of ministers that form the central government of Sri Lanka. It is responsible to and answerable to parliament. The current cabinet is the Sirisena cabinet. As of 21 December 2018 the cabinet had 30 members – president, prime minister and 28 ministers. There are also three non-cabinet ministers, 17 state ministers and seven deputy ministers who are not members of the cabinet. The Executive Council of Ceylon was the Executive Council created in British Ceylon by the British colonial administration on the recommendations
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Chief Justice of Sri Lanka


Dominion of Ceylon became the Republic of Sri Lanka, with the Chief Justice serving as Acting President during the absence of the President of Sri Lanka. This capacity ceased with the second amendment to the republican constitution in 1978 when the Executive Presidency was established and order of succession defined. The Chief Justice is ranked fourth in the order of precedence after the President, Prime Minister and the Speaker of the Parliament. From 1948 to 1978 the Speaker ranked third in the precedence after the Governor General/President and the Prime Minister. After
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Sirima–Gandhi Pact


The Sirima–Gandhi Pact or Srimavo-Gandhi Pact was an agreement that was signed between Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, and Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, on 28 June 1974. It was a follow-up agreement of Sirima-Shastri Pact that left 150,000 people of Indian origin in Sri Lanka to future account. Sirima-Shastri Pact agreed to grant Ceylonese citizenship to 300,000 Indian population in Sri Lanka and 525,000 people repatriation to India. The pact is considered as one of the good
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I. K. Gujral


the genuine warmth of his personality that made him such a widely admired and respected Prime Minister of India, MP and ambassador." Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa sent a message to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in which he wrote: "Shri Gujral was ahead of his times in a rapidly globalising world. Sri Lanka will always remember with gratitude, Shri I K Gujral's contribution towards strengthening India-Sri Lanka relations and regional cooperation." Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf mentioned Gujral's "admirable role" in boosting India
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Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War


victory in 1977 parliamentary election. Subsequently, he introduced a new constitution and Open economy to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is the first South-Asian country to adopt Liberal open economy. Moreover, President J. R. Jayawardene did not enjoy the same warm relationship with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi that he had enjoyed with her father, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Thus, with the outbreak of Black July ethnic riots, the Indian government decided to support the insurgent groups operating in Northern Sri Lanka. From mid 1983, on the instructions
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Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)


The Minister of Foreign Affairs is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka who is responsible for overseeing the international diplomacy of the Government of Sri Lanka. The post was first created in 1947 as Minister of External Affairs and Defence, in 1978 the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence separated into two ministries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence. Prior to the separation of the post the Minister of External Affairs and Defence was held by the Prime Minister since 1947, with a "Parliamentary Secretary for Defence and
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Arjuna Mahendran


rift between Sri Lanka's President and Prime Minister and the two political parties they each represent in an increasingly fraught coalition government. A group of ministers from the President's party along with opposition MPs failed in a recent attempt to pass a motion of no-confidence against the Prime Minister in Sri Lanka's Parliament. A key issue in the motion was the Prime Minister's alleged interference in the Central Bank. The President has subsequently had to prorogue Parliament On 15 March 2018 Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court issued an arrest warrant on
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2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team


a show of solidarity towards the Sri Lankan players injured in the attack, as did Australia and South Africa while playing their next test. – Prime Minister Kevin Rudd also condemned the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, calling it "shameful and cowardly". He demanded answers from Pakistan after claims that police left Australians travelling with Sri Lanka's cricket team in the lurch as the bus was attacked. "I am sufficiently concerned about what has been said by the Australians that we need an explanation and we intend to get
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Bandaranaike International Airport


Bandaranaike International Airport, colloquially known as Katunayake Airport and Colombo International Airport, is the main international airport serving Sri Lanka. It is named after former Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike and is located in a suburb of Negombo, 20 miles (32.5 km) north of the nation's longstanding capital and commercial center, Colombo. It is administered by Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd and serves as the hub of SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, and domestic carrier Cinnamon Air. The other airport serving the
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Heroes' Day


In 2015, Kennedy Simmonds, the first Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, became the fifth person to be named as a National Hero. He is the first living person to receive this honour. The day was celebrated in the South African Republic and later in the Republic of South Africa. National Heroes Day in Sri Lanka is celebrated every 22 May. It has been celebrated since 1818 Kandyan rebellion against British invasion in Sri Lanka. This year (2013), 195th commemoration of National Heroes Day of Sri Lanka was held
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Prime Minister of Sri Lanka


the post president is vacant, the Prime Minister becomes the acting president until Parliament convenes to elect a successor or new elections could be held to elect a new president. This was the case with H.E. President Dingiri Banda Wijetunge. United National Party leaders Dudley Senanayake and Ranil Wickramasinghe together with Sri Lanka Freedom Party leader Sirimavo Bandaranaike was appointed three times to the position. With the passing of the 19th amendment to the constitution in 2015, the prime minister was granted more powers when appointing ministers and leading the cabinet. On the 26th
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Foreign policy of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike


). Sri Lanka was among the first countries to recognize the state of Palestine when it was declared as a state in 1988. Chinese premier Zhou Enlai was invited to participate at the ninth celebrations of Sri Lanka’s Independence on February 4, 1957 by prime minister Bandaranaike.The visit paved the way for the establishment of diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China. On February 7, 1957, China and Sri Lanka established diplomatic relations. China gifted the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall to Sri Lanka in memory of prime
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Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka


the 1972 Constitution on 4 October 1977 and then Prime Minister Jayawardene became the first Executive President of Sri Lanka on 4 February 1978. The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka concluded on 6 April 2015 considering petitions filed in connection with the 19th Constitutional Amendment. The respective verdict was submitted to the President as well as the Speaker of Parliament. The 19th Constitutional Amendment Draft Bill was presented to Parliament by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on 24 March. Later 19 petitions were filed with regard to the new amendment. Five of them were filed for
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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike


Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (,; 8 January 1899 – 26 September 1959), frequently referred to as S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, was the fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) and founder of the Left wing and Sinhalese nationalist Sri Lanka Freedom Party. SWRD Bandaranaike became the prime minister of Ceylon in 1956 and carried out left wing reforms such as nationalizing bus services and introducing legalization to prohibit caste based discrimination. Bandaranaike is also remembered for removing British naval and air bases in Sri Lanka and establishing diplomatic missions with a
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Bandaranaike family


The Bandaranaike family is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in politics. Along with many members who have been successful politician across generations, the family includes three Prime Ministers and one President of Sri Lanka. The origins of the family in Sri Lanka is claimed to be from person known as Nilaperumal who was from India and served he was high priest of the Temple of God Saman in the Kandyan Kingdom. The family changed their name to the Sinhalese form of Bandaranaike and later moved to the Portuguese controlled territory adopting the name Dias
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Mexico–Sri Lanka relations


Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike and discussed bilateral issues and international affairs of common interest. Both leaders joined the opportunity to continue the dialogue initiated during the official visit that the Prime Minister made to Mexico in June 1975. They expressed satisfaction with the growing links between Mexico and Sri Lanka and they agreed to intensify them even more, especially in the fields of commerce, culture, science and technology. In 1995, Mexico opened an honorary consulate in Colombo. In September 2010, Deputy Minister of External Affairs, Gitanjana Gunawardena, represented Sri
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Pakistan–Sri Lanka relations


maintains strong mutual interest in the economic and military development of Sri Lanka and Pakistan, Both Pakistan and Sri Lanka are also members of SAARC.Relations which are generally warm have gone into strong tie recently. There is a Pakistani embassy located in Colombo and a Sri Lankan embassy situated in Islamabad. The relations between Pakistan and Sri Lanka date back to the formative years of the two countries. The two countries laid the foundation of their friendship in 1948 when Prime Minister of Sri Lanka DS Senanayake visited Pakistan. Sri Lanka avoided joining the boycott
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Australia–Sri Lanka relations


dispute with the Tamil separatists. In May 2009, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said that Sri Lanka should seek a political solution with the Tamils to stop another generation turning to terrorism. During Prime Minister Tony Abbott's visit to Sri Lanka for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2013 meeting, he announced Australia would be donating two navy patrol boats to the Sri Lankan Navy to promote enhanced collaboration on people smuggling. In 2007 a two-way trade agreement was created between Australia and Sri Lanka valued at $232 million a year
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Tamil Eelam Supporters Organization


of the Eelam leadership. When the situation on the borders between India and Sri Lanka were tense, Nedumaran heroically sailed to Sri Lanka, videotaped the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka and on his return, went straight to New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to apprise him of the situation in Sri Lanka. Rajiv Gandhi refused to meet him and thus showed his indifference to the sufferings of the Tamils in Sri Lanka. When the Government of India sent an Indian Battalion to Sri Lanka as the Indian Peace Keeping Force (
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Patrick Mendis


the Government of Sri Lanka as "Youth Ambassador" at the 1985 UN International Year of the Youth (IYY) in New York. It was a political appointment by the Government of Sri Lanka (at the suggestion of the late President Ranasinghe Premadasa) to honor Mendis' service at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Professor Karunasena Kodituwakku the vice chancellor of the University, recommended Mendis to the Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, Ranil Wickramasinghe, who is currently the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. (Mendis also worked at the
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Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka


The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka (13A) is amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka which created Provincial Councils in Sri Lanka. This amendment also made Sinhala and Tamil as the official languages of the country and English as the "link language". On 29 July 1987, Indo-Sri Lanka Accord was signed between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J.R. Jayewardene which stated the devolution of powers to the provinces. Hence on 14 November 1987 the Sri Lankan Parliament passed the 13th Amendment to the
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Mahinda Rajapaksa


People's Freedom Alliance gained a slim majority in Parliament. Rajapaksa was sworn in as Sri Lanka's 13th Prime Minister on 6 April 2004. While Rajapaksa was the Prime Minister, he also held the Ministry of Highways. Mahinda Rajapaksa was chosen by Sri Lanka Freedom Party to contest with former Prime Minister and Opposition Leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe, the leader of the United National Party in this Presidential Election held on 17 November 2005. Despite the huge election campaign led by UNP, Mahinda Rajapaksa was able to gain a narrow victory by
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General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University


General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) located at Kandawala, Ratmalana, Colombo, is a joint services academy where cadets of the three wings Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force are trained before they go for their pre-commission training to their academies. Established in 1980 as the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy, named after General Sir John Kotelawala, 3rd Prime Minister of Ceylon; it was renamed as a university by an amendment bill passed in Parliament on 11 October 2007. The General
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Mexico–Sri Lanka relations


Mexico–Sri Lanka relations refers to the diplomatic relations between the United Mexican States and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Both nations are members of the United Nations. Mexico and Sri Lanka established diplomatic relations on 19 April 1960. In June 1975, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike paid a visit to Mexico City to attend the first World Conference on Women. A month later, in July 1975, Mexican President Luis Echeverría paid a state visit to Sri Lanka. During the visit, President Echeverría met with Sri Lankan
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Walter Kalasooriya


the Sigiriya frescoes, these works are a modern attempt to synchronize with nature. Walter Kulasooriya gained international attention for his 100-metre painting of the Sinharaja Forest Reserve which, in 1996, was judged to be the longest painting in the world. It can be viewed at the Deer Park Hotel in Giritale. Presidential Award - 1996 (Sri Lanka) Presidential Award - 1997 (Sri Lanka) Presidential Award - 1998 (Sri Lanka) Presidential Award - 1999 (Sri Lanka) Prime Minister's Award - 1999 (Sri Lanka) Presidential
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A. W. H. Abeyesundere


to D.S. Senanayake later Sri Lanka's first Prime Minister . At Law College he came first at the final examination in all three years and passed out with distinction as an Advocate of the Ceylon Supreme Court. Meanwhile he was in the thick of pre-independence politics as Joint Secretary of the Lanka Mahajana Sabha with the late S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike who later became Sri Lanka's 4th Prime Minister. He was also Secretary of the Ceylon National Congress which was modelled on the lines of the Indian National Congress that was fighting for independence from British
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D. M. Jayaratne


Disanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne (,; born 4 June 1931) known as D. M. "Di Mu" Jayaratne is a veteran Sri Lankan politician who was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2015. A founding member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Jayaratne was first elected to parliament in 1970. He was sworn in as Prime Minister on 21 April 2010. D. M. Jayaratne was born on 4 June 1931. He was educated at Doluwa Maha Vidyalaya in Gampola, a town just outside Kandy. Following the founding of the
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Sri Lankan presidential line of succession


such vacancy and the assumption of office by the new President, the Prime Minister shall act in the office of President and shall appoint one of the other Ministers of the Cabinet to act in the office of Prime Minister : Provided that if the office of Prime Minister be then vacant or the Prime Minister is unable to act, the Speaker shall act in the office of President." Until parliament select a new president the following order is applied for line of succession to act as President of Sri Lanka The Presidential line of succession
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Sri Lanka–United States relations


maintain a limited military-to-military relationship with the Sri Lanka defense establishment. United States and Sri Lanka started to enhance defence relations beyond the sale of military equipment, and training facilities were extended when Sri Lanka was in an internal battle with a secessionist movement Tamil Tigers. During Ranil Wickremesinghe's time as Prime Minister in 2002, agreements were signed with the US which allowed Sri Lanka to get assistance in terms of military training, military technology, intelligence, special training in counter-terrorism, and direct monetary assistance for
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List of SAARC summits


10–11 April 1993, and was attended by the presidents of the Maldives and Sri Lanka, the prime ministers of Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, and the king of Bhutan. The eighth summit was held in New Delhi, on 2–4 May 1995, and was attended by the presidents of the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the prime ministers of Bangladesh, India and Nepal, and the king of Bhutan. The ninth summit was held in Male, on 12–14 May 1997, and was attended by the presidents of
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List of SAARC summits


the Maldives and Sri Lanka, the prime ministers of Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, and the king of Bhutan. The tenth summit was held in Colombo, on 29–31 July 1998, and was attended by the presidents of the Maldives and Sri Lanka and the prime ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan.SAARC countries stressed for eradicating poverty and promoting joint collaboration. The eleventh summit was held in Kathmandu, on 4–6 January 2002, and was attended by the presidents of the Maldives, Pakistan and
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M. J. Perera


contribution to Television Media. 1996 - "Vishva Prasadhini Award". "Conferred by the Honourable Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike felicitation award" for the field of Administration. 1996 - Award presented by "Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation" in appreciation of being "the pioneer of the new social media service and the development of a very special identity and tradition for it". 1997 - Award for the "contribution to Sri Lanka Librarianship". Presented by Sri Lanka Library Association. 1998 - "Presidential (National)
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Sri Lanka Matha


"Namo Namo Matha" was first sung as Ceylon's official national anthem at the independence day ceremony in 1952. In the late 1950s controversy arose over its first line, ""Namo Namo Matha, Apa Sri Lanka"". It was deemed to be "unlucky" and blamed for the country's misfortunes including the deaths of two prime ministers. In February 1961 the government changed the line to their present form, ""Sri Lanka Matha, Apa Sri Lanka"", despite Samarakoon's strong opposition. Samarakoon
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1982 Sri Lankan national referendum


be expanded to 225 members, and extended of the terms of elected Presidents and Parliament to 6 years from the date of the election. In 1978 Jayewardene named himself President of Sri Lanka, and promised a pro-Western foreign policy and economic development through the introduction of a system of free enterprise. Subsequently, the first direct vote to elect a President of Sri Lanka was held in 1982, with President Jayewardene obtaining 52% of votes cast. Former Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike was stripped of her civic rights in 1980 on charges
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Tamils


. After the British colonial rule in Sri Lanka ended, ethnic tension between the Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Tamils rose. The Sinhalese, constituting a majority of the country, resented the minority Tamils having huge power in the island. In 1948 about 700,000 Indian Tamil tea plantation workers from Sri Lanka were made stateless and deported to India. In 1956 the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka passed the Sinhala Only Act, an act where Sinhala replaced English as the only official language of Sri Lanka. Due to this, many Tamils were
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Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War


K. Veeramani), Kamaraj Congress (led by Nedumaran) during the late 1970s. These Tamil parties firmly backed the militants' cause of creating a separate Tamil Eelam within Sri Lanka. Thereafter, LTTE developed relations with M. G. Ramachandran and M. Karunanidhi, who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, succeeding one another. Although Sri Lanka was a key member of Non-Aligned Movement in its initial stages, the Government of Sri Lanka's policies became pro-western as J. R. Jayewardene was elected prime minister with his landslide
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Chinese people in Sri Lanka


of supermarkets and malls and other modernisation of Sri Lanka's retail and medical sectors, the descendants of early migrants have moved away from their families' traditional businesses into areas as varied as shrimp farming and accountancy. Many descendants of early Chinese migrants were stateless. In January 2008, after lobbying led by University of Peradeniya zoology graduate Chwing-Chi Chang, Prime Minister and Internal Administration Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake presented the Parliament of Sri Lanka with a draft bill to grant Sri Lankan citizenship to stateless persons of Chinese origin who had been settled
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Foreign policy of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike


minister SWRD Bandaranaike. The People’s Republic of China donated LKR 35 million towards the construction of BMICH. China gave 5 Shanghai Class Fast Gun Boats to Sri Lanka which were named "Sooraya" "Weeraya" "Ranakamee" "Dakshaya" and "Balawatha" to represent the initials of S.W.R.D Bandaranaike. Unlike the previous United National Party regimes Bandaranaike maintained a fruitful relationship with India. Indian Prime Minister Nehru called Bandaranaike the "Silver tongued orator of Asia". Sri Lanka and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations in 1956 under
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Dingiri Banda Wijetunga


Sri Lankabhimanya Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (,; 15 February 1916 – 21 September 2008) was the fourth President of Sri Lanka from 1 May 1993 to 12 November 1994, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 3 March 1989 to 7 May 1993 and the Governor of North Western province, Sri Lanka from 1988 to 1989. He was awarded Sri Lanka's most highest award to a civilian Sri Lankabhimanya in 1993 by President Ranasinghe Premadasa Wijetunga was born on 15 February 1916 to Delgahapitiya Arachchila Wijetunga Mudiyanselage Mudiyanse and his wife Manamperi Mudiyanselage Palingumanike Manamperi
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Indo-Sri Lanka Accord


The Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord was an accord signed in Colombo on 29 July 1987, between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene. The accord was expected to resolve the Sri Lankan Civil War by enabling the thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act of 1987. Under the terms of the agreement, Colombo agreed to a devolution of power to the provinces, the Sri Lankan troops were to be withdrawn to their barracks in the north and the Tamil rebels were to
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Sri Lanka National Pharmaceuticals Policy


-national corporations came in May 1973. Executives of the major pharmaceutical companies in the United States met Sri Lanka's ambassador in Washington, D.C. and handed him a letter addressed to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from the President of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturer's Association (PMA) of the US. The letter concluded with a statement that the PMA believed that the proposed actions would have most serious effects not only on the pharmaceutical industry and on all private industry in Sri Lanka but potentially for the health of its citizens. The International
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J. R. Jayewardene


Junius Richard Jayewardene (,; 17 September 1906 – 1 November 1996), commonly abbreviated in Sri Lanka as J. R., was the leader of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1989, serving as Prime Minister from 1977 to 1978 and as the second President of Sri Lanka from 1978 till 1989. He was a leader of the nationalist movement in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) who served in a variety of cabinet positions in the decades following independence. A longtime member of the United National Party, he led it to a landslide
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Indian Peace Keeping Force


Interim Administrative Council. These were the tasks as per the terms of the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord, signed at the behest of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Given the escalation of the conflict in Sri Lanka, and with the pouring of refugees into India, Gandhi took the decisive step to push this accord through. The IPKF was inducted into Sri Lanka on the request of Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene under the terms of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord. The force was initially not expected to be involved in any
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Economy of Sri Lanka


the bottom 40% has become a challenge. Sri Lanka also faces a challenges in social inclusion, governance and sustainability. According to government policies and economic reforms stated by Prime Minister and Minister of National Policy and economic affairs Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka plans to create a knowledge-based social market economy and an export-oriented economy as well as the Western Region Megapolis a Megapolis in the western province to promote economic growth. The creation of several business and technology development areas island-wide specialised in various sectors, as well
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Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike


Prime Minister. Bandaranaike became prime minister after winning the 1956 elections in a landslide, at the head of a four-party coalition with a no-contest pact with the Lanka Sama Samaja Party and the Communist Party of Sri Lanka known as the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) (the Peoples' United Front) which gains two-third majority in parliament on a wave of strong nationalist sentiment. After becoming prime minister, Bandaranaike was officially moved to the Prime minister’s official residence Temple Trees, however he also divided his
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Predispositioning theory


Sri Lanka (the former Ceylon). To the best of my knowledge, the former prime minister of Ceylon, Solomon Bandaranaike (1899-1959), belonged to this sect. He did not allow himself to kill an attacker and was murdered. As he lay bleeding to death, he did crawl over to the murderer and knock the pistol from his hand before it could be used against his wife, Sirimavo Bandaranaike. She later became the prime minister of Ceylon-Sri Lanka.” But how does one ascribe weights
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Seelaratna Senarath


Kalabhooshana Seelaratna Senarath (born September 2, 1944) is the Director Programming of CRI Sri Lanka. He is a famous commercial program announcer of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and former Director Editorial of Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. He was the Media Secretary to Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2005-2010) and Mahinda Rajapaksa former Opposition Leader of Sri Lanka (2002-2004). He had served as a 'Language Expert' and 'Advisory Broadcaster' at the Sinhala Service of China Radio International during 2003
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Erik Solheim


2005, he continued his engagement with international affairs when he was appointed Minister of International Development in the cabinet of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. In this position, he was able to continue his work on the Sri Lanka issue. Solheim met with the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister and U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns on 23 January 2006. After meeting with the officials, Solheim told journalists in Colombo, "Everyone is worried with the present deteriorating security situation. It is hard to see the present situation continuing indefinitely. Sri Lanka is
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Maithripala Senanayake


and has been Acting Prime Minister 19 times, Leader of the House, Chief Government Whip, and Deputy Leader of the Opposition at various times, In the realm of Foreign Affairs, Maithripala Senanayake has also played a major role, when the then Prime Minister Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike was President of the Non-aligned Movement, he led the Sri Lanka delegation to the Non-aligned Conference held in Colombo. He represented Parliament since 1947 to 1994 becoming the only person in Sri Lanka to represent Parliament for 47 years continuously. In
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12th Parliament of Sri Lanka


was introduced in 1978. There were numerous disputes between President Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Wickremasinghe, particularly over the handling of the peace process with the rebel Tamil Tigers. The political tension came to a head in early November 2003 when, as Prime Minister Wickremasinghe was out of the country, President Kumaratunga prorogued parliament, declared a state of emergency, sent troops into the streets of the capital and took control of three important ministries (defence, interior and media). On 20 January 2004 the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, President Kumaratunga
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United National Party


specifically concern about the 50 million Tamils living in India, the Indian government called for a halt to the offensive. After the request was snubbed by Sri Lanka, the Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi ordered a flotilla of ships be sent to relieve the LTTE. After the convoy was blocked by the Sri Lanka Navy, India instead chose to airdrop supplies to the besieged city in a mission codenamed Operation Poomalai. Jayewardene retired in 1988 and was succeeded by Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa, a populist leader from the lower class known for his
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1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election


General elections were held in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1956. They were a watershed in the country's political history, and was the first elections fought to challenge the ruling United National Party. The former Leader of the House, S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike who was passed over after the death of the first Prime Minister D.S. Senanayake, crossed over to the opposition to form the Sri Lanka Freedom Party to launch his bid for Prime Minister. The UNP government of John Kotelawala had been rapidly losing steam. It faced widespread criticism over
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1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election


General elections were held in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1952. It is notable for being the second and final election overseen and administered by the Department of Parliamentary Elections before its merger in 1955. Prime Minister D.S. Senanayake died in March 1952, and was succeeded by his son, Dudley. The national wave of mourning for Ceylon's first prime minister greatly boosted the UNP's fortunes. The 1952 election was the first contested by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, which had broken away from the UNP on a platform of
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Hemasiri Fernando


Telecom Ltd, former Chairman Airport and Aviation Authority. He has also represented Sri Lanka in rifle shooting in the small bore event in the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi and finished in sixth place. Hemasiri is former Secretary Ministry of Postal Services, former Secretary to the Prime Minister, former Chairman of Sri Lanka Telecom, People's Bank (Sri Lanka), and the Airport and Aviation Authority, former Chairman National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka, Vice President of the Associação dos Comités Olímpicos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa, Commonwealth Games
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Sri Lanka–United States relations


tsunami, the United States provided $135 million in relief and reconstruction assistance. In addition, the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) operates a radio-transmitting station in Sri Lanka. Under President Mahinda Rajapaksa, relations with the US were strained, but the ties improved after President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe came to power in 2015. In May 2015, US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Sri Lanka for an official tour. US Counsellor of the State Department Thomas Shannon visited Sri Lanka in December 2015 where the
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China–Sri Lanka relations


into broader Sri Lankan society. Sri Lanka was among the first countries to recognize the People’s Republic of China. Since then, the two countries have regularly exchanged high-level visits resulting in a variety of agreements.Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall was gifted to Sri Lanka by China to honor prime minister SWRD Bandaranaike in 1973. In 1996, then Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga paid a state visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese President Jiang Zeming. The two sides signed two agreements to enhance economic cooperation.
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Tangalle


worker, journalist. He was the pioneer in committing to writing the oral tradition of the healing ceremony of Tovil. Locally a road, Sauris Silva Mawata, has been named after him. Mahinda Rajapaksa, the sixth President of Sri Lanka (19 November 2005 - 9 January 2015). A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and he served as prime minister from 6 April 2004 until his victory in the 2005 presidential election . He was sworn in for his first six
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Rukman Senanayake


Rukman Senanayake (born 21 June 1948), is a long-standing Sri Lankan politician and was former Member of Parliament for Kegalle District. He was the ex Vice Leader of the United National Party. Rukman Senanayake was also a former Cabinet Minister of Environment and Natural Resources from 2002 to 2004. Rukman Senanayake was born on 21 June 1948 to a political dynasty in Sri Lanka. His paternal grandfather, Rt Hon D.S Senanayake was the first Prime Minister in Sri Lanka. His maternal grandfather, F.R Senanayake was a prominent Sri
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Prime Minister of Sri Lanka


cabinet of ministers. As head of the cabinet of ministers, the Prime Minister has the power to: By the constitution, the Prime Minister holds formal power to advise the president on: As per the constitution, if the office of president becomes vacant, the prime minister would "act in the office of President during the period between the occurrence of such vacancy and the assumption of office by the new President and shall appoint one of the other Ministers of the Cabinet to act in the office of Prime Minister". In
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Suranimala Rajapaksha


Rajapakse Mohottige Don Suranimala Rajapaksha (Sinhala:සුරනිමල රාජපක්ෂ) (5 January 1949 – 14 March 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician. Rajapaksha was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1994 and he was the Minister of School Education in Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in 2001 to 2004. He is a member of the United National Party (UNP) and a member of UNP Working Committee. He was also appointed as the Coordinating secretary to the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe in 2015. At the time of his
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Mahinda Rajapaksa


Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa (, ; born 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician serving as Leader of the Opposition since 2018, and has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kurunegala since 2015. He served as the President of Sri Lanka and Leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party from 2005 to 2015. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and he served as Prime Minister from 6 April 2004 until his victory in the 2005 presidential election. He was
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Sri Lankan rupee


vertically on the reverse. In 1998, a 200-rupee note was issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of independence (1948–1998). This is the first polymer banknote issued in Sri Lanka, and it was printed by Note Printing Australia. All other denominations are printed by the De la Rue Lanka Currency and Securities Print (Pvt) Ltd, a joint venture of the Government of Sri Lanka and De La Rue, a printing company in the United Kingdom. Portraits of former Sri Lankan prime ministers and former president Mahinda Rajapaksa have graced
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Gender inequality in Sri Lanka


first female head of state and Sri Lanka's first female prime minister. Throughout the history of Sri Lanka, there has been significant progress in respect to women's rights. Specifically, following the International Women's Year in 1975 and the United Nations Decade for Women from 1976 to 1985, a number of policies and laws were enacted to enhance the rights of women in the Sri Lankan government. In 1981, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women held, and additionally, the third chapter of the
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Estonia–Sri Lanka relations


establishing some form of a mutual understanding, after exploring some form of commonness between us and by then we will have some common topics to talk about. Estonia's first consulate in Sri Lanka was declared opened on the 24th of February 2011. On 25 September 2003, the Estonian Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland and Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met during the UN General Assembly in New York City. To date, there has been no state visits by leaders of either country. There has been only one visit by a government minister
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Pakistan–Sri Lanka relations


to solve the crisis. Despite Pakistan ban on fertilizer export last year, Pakistan agreed to send 41,000 metric tons of fertilizer immediately. Following concerns raised about the scarcity of fertilizer in Sri Lanka, the President of Sri Lanka had contacted Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi requesting assistance to find a long-lasting solution to the crisis. Islamabad informed him that it would take steps to export more than 75,000 metric tons of fertilizer to Colombo in the future. Later, President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena expressed his gratitude towards the
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Commonwealth of Nations


2013 and 2014, international pressure mounted to suspend Sri Lanka from the Commonwealth, citing grave human rights violations by the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. There were also calls to change the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2013 from Sri Lanka to another member country. Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper threatened to boycott the event, but was instead represented at the meeting by Deepak Obhrai. UK Prime Minister David Cameron also chose to attend. These concerns were rendered moot by the election of opposition leader Maithripala Sirisena as President in 2015. As
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Culture of Sri Lanka


are still celebrated on the island, together with other minorities that make up the Sri Lankan identity. One very important aspect that differentiates Sri Lankan history is its view on women. Women and men in Sri Lanka have been viewed equal for thousands of years from ruling the country to how they dress. Both men and women had the chance to rule the land (Which is true for even today. The world's first female prime minister, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was from Sri Lanka. Even though clothing today is very much westernized
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Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War


, Rajiv Gandhi refused to remove the IPKF from Sri Lanka. However, following his defeat in Indian parliamentary elections in December 1989, the new prime Minister V. P. Singh ordered the withdrawal of the IPKF, and their last ship left Sri Lanka on 24 March 1990. The 32-month presence of the IPKF in Sri Lanka resulted in the deaths of 1200 Indian soldiers and over 5000 Sri Lankans. The cost for the Indian government was estimated at over ₹10.3 billion. Support for the LTTE in India dropped considerably in 1991, after the
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Prime Minister of Sri Lanka


2016) of LKR 8,000 annually paid from the Prime Minister's Office. The official residence of the prime minister is the Prime Minister's House most commonly referred to as Temple Trees. The prime minister has the use of the Prime Minister's Cottage as a vacationing residence in the holiday-town of Nuwara Eliya. The Prime Minister's Office is located in the Sirimathipaya on Sir Ernest de Silva Mawatha (formerly known as Flower Road) in Colombo. In recent years from time to time, Temple Trees has been by some
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Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact


1948, English continued to be the official language of the country. However sections within the Sinhalese community, who wanted the country to distance itself from its colonial past, began a campaign to have Sinhala made the official language of Sri Lanka. At the 1956 parliamentary elections, the leader of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike campaigned on a promise to make Sinhala the sole official language of Sri Lanka. With the support of extremist Sinhalese figures, Bandaranaike won the election and was named the 4th Prime Minister of
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Parliamentary Council


The Parliamentary Council was a constitutional authority in Sri Lanka established under the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka. Formally being constituted on January 1, 2011 as per the 18th Amendment, it replaces the Constitutional Council that was established under the 17th Amendment. After Maithripala Sirisena was elected President, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe presented the new reforms to reinstate a new Constitutional Council in 2015 under the Nineteenth Amendment. Compared to the ten member Constitutional Council, which made approval of names of nominees to the independent committees/commissions mandatory;
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D. S. Senanayake College


D. S. Senanayake College ( "D. S. Senanayaka Vidyalaya", also referred to as DS and DSSC) is a boys primary and secondary national school in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It was established on 10 February 1967 under the stewardship of R. I. T. Alles, and was named after the first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, D. S. Senanayake. It provides education from Grades 1 to 13 in Sinhalese, Tamil and English language. It is the only muti-ethnic, trilingual school established in
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Rajiv Gandhi


Gandhi reciprocated, in December 1988, by visiting Islamabad and meeting the new Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, to reaffirm the 1972 Shimla agreement. The Sri Lankan Civil War broke out with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which was demanding an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka. Gandhi discussed the matter with the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa at the SAARC meeting in 1986. In that year, the Sri Lankan army blockaded the Tamil majority district of Jaffna; Gandhi ordered relief supplies to be dropped
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Faculty of Applied Sciences, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka


The Faculty of Applied Sciences oversees four departments at the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. Wayamba University of Sri Lanka was founded in 1991 as an applicated University of Rajarata in Wayamba Province. It was named the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka “Wayamba mandapa”. On 17 August the Minister of Higher Education named a committee which was led by Mr. H.P.M Gunasena who named the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka as the 13th National University. The lectures were started on 1 October 1999. The University has two campuses at Kuliyapitiya and Makandura.
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Elanga Wikramanayake


Deshamanya Elanga Devapriya Wikramanayake (known to many as "E.D. Wikramanayake") was a Sri Lankan lawyer who served as the Solicitor General of Sri Lanka. His father was E. B. Wikramanayake, QC the Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala and a member of the Senate of Ceylon. Educated at S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia Sri Lanka, he excelled in rifle shooting, winning the Governor-General’s Cup at age 19. The Wikramanayake family association with law can be traced back to Crown
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Iraq–Sri Lanka relations


due to the OPEC oil-price increases. Sri Lankan foreign reserves shrank, creating an oil crisis. In 1975, Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike went to Iraq to meet with Hussein to discuss this issue. Hussein agreed to supply 250,000 tons of oil on a four-year deferred payment basis, at a low rate of interest to Sri Lanka. When a cyclone hit a village in Sri Lanka, local authorities asked help from Hussein. He readily obliged and sponsored construction of an entire village with some 100 houses, including a
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