People’s Alliance (Sri Lanka)

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The People’s Alliance (Sri Lanka) was a major centre-left political coalition that governed Sri Lanka in the 1990s and early 2000s under the leadership of figures such as Chandrika Kumaratunga.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral coalition
political alliance
associatedWithLeader Anuruddha Ratwatte
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
coalitionType multi-ethnic coalition
multi-party coalition
country Sri Lanka
formedToOppose United National Party
governedDuringConflict Sri Lankan Civil War
governedInPeriod 1990s
early 2000s
governingPartyOf Sri Lanka
heldOffice central government of Sri Lanka
ideology centre-left politics
language English
Sinhala
Tamil
leader Chandrika Kumaratunga
mainRival United National Party
memberParty Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna
Ceylon Workers’ Congress
Communist Party of Sri Lanka
Democratic United National Front
Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya
Eelam People’s Democratic Party
Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Muslim United Liberation Front
National Unity Alliance
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
Up-Country People’s Front
notableLeader Chandrika Kumaratunga
politicalOrientation social democratic
politicalPosition centre-left
politicalSystemContext multi-party democracy
positionOnNationalQuestion devolution of power
region South Asia
successorAlliance United People’s Freedom Alliance
supportedPolicy peace negotiations in Sri Lankan Civil War
state intervention in the economy
welfare state

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Chandrika Kumaratunga memberOfPoliticalParty People’s Alliance (Sri Lanka)
People’s Alliance nameInSinhala Janatha Eksath Peramuna (People’s Alliance)
linked to: People’s Alliance (Sri Lanka)