Who’s Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s new president
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has been elected as Sri Lanka’s subsequent President after the primary elections for the reason that nation’s financial disaster. Dissanayake is the chief of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)’s broader coalition Nationwide Individuals’s Energy (NPP).Dissanayake secured virtually 42% of the favored vote towards his nearest rival Sajith Premadasa, who secured solely 23% of the votes polled.
He was born in Thambuttegama, about 100 km from Colombo, on November 24, 1968. On the age of 4, he moved to Kekirawa and have become the primary scholar from his faculty to qualify for college. He rose as a scholar chief within the Nineteen Nineties by becoming a member of the JVP’s anti-government armed rebellion between 1987 and 89 towards the “imperialist and capitalist” regimes of then Presidents Jayawaardene and R Premadasa. He was appointed as nationwide organiser of the Socialist Youth Organistion, JVP’s youth wing. He had joined JVP’s decidion making physique, the politburi by 1998.
He rose to prominence when he fought Parliamentary polls from Karunegala district and was reelected. he was made a Cupboard minister within the President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga authorities, as a part of the coalition authorities.
In January 2014, Anura Kumara Dissanayake grew to become the chief of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), changing Somawansa Amarasinghe. Within the 2015 basic elections, Dissanayake ran from the Colombo district and gained a seat in Parliament. Following his victory, he served because the Chief Opposition Whip. Within the 2019 presidential election, Dissanayake ran for workplace however obtained solely about 3% of the vote.
He was born in Thambuttegama, about 100 km from Colombo, on November 24, 1968. On the age of 4, he moved to Kekirawa and have become the primary scholar from his faculty to qualify for college. He rose as a scholar chief within the Nineteen Nineties by becoming a member of the JVP’s anti-government armed rebellion between 1987 and 89 towards the “imperialist and capitalist” regimes of then Presidents Jayawaardene and R Premadasa. He was appointed as nationwide organiser of the Socialist Youth Organistion, JVP’s youth wing. He had joined JVP’s decidion making physique, the politburi by 1998.
He rose to prominence when he fought Parliamentary polls from Karunegala district and was reelected. he was made a Cupboard minister within the President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga authorities, as a part of the coalition authorities.
In January 2014, Anura Kumara Dissanayake grew to become the chief of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), changing Somawansa Amarasinghe. Within the 2015 basic elections, Dissanayake ran from the Colombo district and gained a seat in Parliament. Following his victory, he served because the Chief Opposition Whip. Within the 2019 presidential election, Dissanayake ran for workplace however obtained solely about 3% of the vote.
