The Liberal Party of Sri Lanka began as a think-tank called the Council for Liberal Democracy, founded in 1981 by the late Chanaka Amaratunga, a longstanding member of the United National Party which was then in government.
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However his successor Rajiva Wijesinha, contested in the Presidential election of 2000 and came 6th in a field of 15, a success that served to advance the image of the party.
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