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unusual facts about United National Party


Dudley Senanayake

Dudley was born on 19 June 1911 as the eldest son to Molly Dunuwila and Don Stephen Senanayake, who would become the first Prime Minister of Ceylon and found the United National Party which is still one of the main political parties in Sri Lanka and of which Dudley would become a lifelong member.


Anuruddha Ratwatte

Anuruddha Ratwatte had been a Councillor in the Kandy Municipal Council representing the United National Party In the late 1960s later in 1980s Leader of the Opposition in the Kandy Municipal Council representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

D. P. Atapattu

He represented the United National Party from the Beliatte electorate in Hambantota district in the six general elections held between 1947 and 1965.

Democratic People's Front

Manoharan Ganesan (Mano Ganesan) (Tamil: மனோ கணேசன்) is former a Member of Parliament, elected on a United National Party ticket.

Liberal Party of Sri Lanka

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.

Mahinda Wijesekara

In 2001, Wijesekara left the President Chandrika Kumaratunga's ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party and joined United National Party along with few other senior ministers of the government such as S. B. Dissanayake and G. L. Peiris.

Milinda Moragoda

Moragoda was first entered to Parliament as a National List Member in 2000 with the United National Party (UNP) and was reelected in 2001 and in 2004 from the Colombo District.

Sajith Premadasa

Sajith Premadasa (born 12 January 1967) is a Sri Lankan politician, current deputy Leader of the United National Party (UNP), the main Opposition party of Sri Lanka and Member of Parliament for Hambantota District and was the former Deputy Minister of Health in Sri Lanka.


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