• Ariyanayagam Chandranehru (Tamil: அரியநாயகம் சந்திரநேரு; 15 October 1944 – 8 February 2005) was a Sri Lankan Tamil merchant seaman, politician and Member...
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  • Chandranehru Chandrakanthan (Tamil: சந்திரநேரு சந்திரகாந்தன்; born 12 April 1970) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament. Chandrakanthan...
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    30 June 2024) was a Sri Lankan politician and lawyer who led the Tamil National Alliance from 2001 until his death in 2024. He was a Member of Parliament...
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  • ද්‍රවිඩ එක්සත් විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ, romanized: Dravida Eksath Vimukthi Peramuna) is a political party in Sri Lanka. On 4 May 1972, several Tamil political groups...
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  • Thumbnail for Arjuna Ranatunga
    (Sinhala: අර්ජුන රණතුංග; Tamil: அர்ஜூன ரணதுங்க; born 1 December 1963), is a Sri Lankan politician and former cricketer, who was the 1996 Cricket World...
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    රූපසිංහ ගුණවර්ධන, Tamil: தினேஷ் சந்திர ரூபசிங்க குணவர்தன; born 2 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician serving as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 22...
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  • (born June 7, 1955) is a Sri Lankan politician who is currently serving as the Governor of the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. A former representative...
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  • Thumbnail for Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
    ITAK) is a Sri Lankan political party which represents the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority in the country. It was originally founded in 1949 as a breakaway...
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    Ranil Wickremesinghe (born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who is the 9th and current President of Sri Lanka. He also holds several ministerial...
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  • The LTTE was blamed for the assassination. Former Ampara District MP A. Chandranehru was shot dead on 7 February 2005 as he was travelling in Batticaloa...
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  • was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a conflict with the Liberation...
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    Sagala Gajendra Ratnayaka (born 27 February 1968) is a Sri Lankan politician who has been serving as the chief of staff to the president of Sri Lanka...
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  • Thumbnail for Sajith Premadasa
    (Sinhala: සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස, Tamil: சஜித் பிரேமதாச; born 12 January 1967) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current Leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka...
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    Tamil: மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to...
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  • Thumbnail for Anura Kumara Dissanayake
    born 24 November 1968), also known by his initials AKD, is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a Member of Parliament from the Colombo District, the current...
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  • awarded to civilians posthumously. Kasi Ananthan (born 1938), poet. A. Chandranehru (1944–2005), politician; conferred 9 February 2005. C. J. Eliezer (1918–2001)...
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  • Ravindra Randeniya, is a Sri Lankan actor and former politician. He rose to fame in Lester James Peries's film Desa Nisa in 1975, and was a popular actor during...
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    பீரிஸ்) (born 13 August 1946) is a Sri Lankan politician and academic. He was the Cabinet Minister of External Affairs and is a member of the Parliament of...
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  • People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) is a series of Sri Lankan political parties and a former militant separatist group. The EPRLF was formed...
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  • Thumbnail for Chamal Rajapaksa
    Rajapaksa (Sinhala: චමල් රාජපක්ෂ; Tamil: சமல் ராஜபக்ஷ; born 30 October 1942) is a Sri Lankan politician who was Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from...
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    Bandara Kaviratne (20 September 1969 – 16 March 2014) was a Sri Lankan politician who was a member of the Central Provincial Council and member of Parliament...
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  • Ahamed Lebbe Maraikkar Athaullah is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a representative of Ampara for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament...
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  • Thumbnail for Selvam Adaikalanathan
    Aṭaikkalanātaṉ; born 10 June 1962), commonly known as Selvam Adaikalanathan, is a Sri Lankan Tamil militant turned politician and Member of Parliament. He was...
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  • on 18 May 2009, Nadesan made his final call to Tamil MP Chandrakanth Chandranehru saying they were walking towards the Sri Lankan military and, "I will...
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    March 1953) is a Sri Lankan politician, teacher, and film producer, who is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for Colombo District, and a former government...
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  • අබේගුණවර්ධන) (born 21 September 1966) is a Sri Lankan politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Nation Building. He is a representative of Kalutara District...
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  • Ratnayake (known as C. B. Ratnayake) is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister. "C.B. RATHNAYAKE"....
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  • Thumbnail for Ranjith Madduma Bandara
    (born 25 August 1954) (known as Ranjith Madduma Bandara) is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was appointed as the...
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  • Thumbnail for A. H. M. Fowzie
    Mohamed Fowzie (born 13 October 1937) is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister. He served as...
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  • Thumbnail for All Ceylon Tamil Congress
    The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament (50% for the Sinhalese, 50% for all other...
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