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  2. Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Wikipedia

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    Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayake was born on 24 November 1968 in the village of Dewahuwa, Matale District, Central Province, Sri Lanka. [16] [unreliable source?] [11] His father who was an agricultural worker who later joined the surveyor's department as an office aide [17] [18] and his mother was a housewife. He has one ...

  3. Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's new Marxist ...

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    Born on Nov. 24, 1968 into an ordinary family in a paddy-growing central part of Sri Lanka, Dissanayake was politically active from his school days, taking part in student demonstrations against an agreement with India to grant a degree of self rule to Sri Lanka's Tamil minority in an effort to resolve the demands for autonomy that later ...

  4. First Lady of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The current First Lady of Sri Lanka is Mallika Dissanayaka, wife of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who has held the position since 23 September 2024. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] There have been no first gentlemen of Sri Lanka to date, since former President Chandrika Kumaratunga , the country's only female head of state, was a widow while in office.

  5. Harshana Nanayakkara - Wikipedia

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    Harshana Nanayakkara is a Sri Lankan former film actor, [1] lawyer, and politician currently serving as the Minister of Justice and National Integration of the Government of Sri Lanka since November 2024.

  6. Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning Dissanayake promises change as ...

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    Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist policies to help the poor and stirring speeches have made him a leading candidate in Sri Lanka's ...

  7. Sri Lanka's Dissanayake a strong contender for president with ...

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    Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of National People's Power alliance and its presidential candidate, says he's serving those who were part of public protests that ousted then-President Gotabaya ...

  8. First Dissanayake cabinet - Wikipedia

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    The first Dissanayake cabinet was a central government of Sri Lanka led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. It was a 3-member interim cabinet formed in September 2024 after the presidential election and ended in November 2024 following the parliamentary election .

  9. Harini Amarasuriya - Wikipedia

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    Harini Nireka Amarasuriya [j] (born 6 March 1970) is a Sri Lankan sociologist, academic, activist, and politician serving as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 2024.. Having spent a decade as an academic at the Open University of Sri Lanka, where she was engaged with the Federation of University Teachers' Association in trade union action; Amarasuriya was nominated by the National People's ...