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List of members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party information


This following article is a list of prominent members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party.

Members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), a Marxist, Trotskyist, socialist party in Sri Lanka. Some of the people listed below may only briefly have been in the LSSP.

A large proportion of the leadership of the Left in Sri Lanka started their political lives in the LSSP.[citation needed] This is even true of the political right; for example, Esmond Wickremesinghe (the father of Ranil Wickremasinghe) was a leading member of the party before he married the daughter of the wealthy press baron D.R Wijewardena and being appointed editor-in-chief of Lake House.

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Lanka Sama Samaja Party

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The Lanka Sama Samaja Party, often abbreviated as LSSP (literally: Lanka Equal Society Party, Sinhala: ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය, Tamil: லங்கா சமசமாஜக் கட்சி)...

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List of members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party

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a list of prominent members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party. Members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), a Marxist, Trotskyist, socialist party in...

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List of Lanka Sama Samaja breakaway parties

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Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) has seen a steady number of splits and breakaway factions. Some of the breakaway...

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Communist Party of Sri Lanka

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formed out of the Marxist–Leninist wing of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party. The USP was proscribed by the colonial authorities. The USP and then the CPC was...

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Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya

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assassination, the SLMP joined with the Communist Party of Sri Lanka, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, and the Nava Sama Samaja Party to form the United Socialist...

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List of communist parties

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Party of Sri Lanka and Lanka Sama Samaja Party, in coalition governments with numerous other parties  Uruguay (2005–2020) – Communist Party of Uruguay and...

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Vivienne Goonewardene

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Sri Lanka's first political party, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party. During her political career, she was instrumental in the rise of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party...

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List of political parties in Sri Lanka

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11 March 2004. "The List of Political Party/Group in Sri Lanka (1945-2004)". Sri Lanka Statistics. "BUSINESS TODAY -I Believe in the SLFP". businesstoday...

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Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

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revolution in Sri Lanka.: 60  In 1965, there were four other leftist political parties: the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), established in 1935 as the first political...

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2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

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parties that belong to the People's Alliance, such as the Communist Party of Sri Lanka, the Democratic United National Front, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party...

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2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

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National Front Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Sri Lanka Equal Society Party, LSSP) Sri Lanka Freedom Party (Sri Lanka Nidahas Pakshaya, SLNP) Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya...

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Sri Lankan independence movement

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Marxist Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), which grew out of the Youth Leagues in 1935, was the first party to demand independence.[5] The first manifesto of the...

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Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka

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Lanka Sama Samaja Party candidates. Dr. N.M. Perera was the leader of the opposition in the first parliament and the Lanka Sama Samaja Party was the second...

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Ceylon in World War II

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myth of British invincibility. Against this backdrop, and on the agitation of the Trotskyist-inspired Lanka Sama Samaja Party, soldiers of the on Horsburgh...

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Baddegama Samitha Thero

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Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and a politician. A member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), Ven. Baddegama Samitha Thero was a member of the Sri Lankan parliament...

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Sri Lankan Civil War

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the State Council in 1936, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) members N.M. Perera and Philip Gunawardena demanded the replacement of English as the official...

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Politburo

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example, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party. Communism portal Eastern Bloc politics Executive committee Orgburo Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet...

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Tissa Vitharana

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Lankan politician, former Member of Parliament and former cabinet minister. He is the current leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), a member of...

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History of Sri Lanka

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the 1944 draft constitution of the Board of ministers headed by D. S. Senanayake. The Marxist Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), which grew out of the Youth...

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Sri Lanka

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number of registered political parties in the country is 67. Of these, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), established in 1935, is the oldest. The UNP,...

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Leftist parties in Sri Lanka

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oriented partiesthe Ceylon Equal Society Party (Lanka Sama Samaja Party—LSSP), the Bolshevik-Leninist Party, and the Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL)--represented...

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2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

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Vanni), the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (which contested separately in one district, Jaffna), the National Liberation People's Party and the Sri Lanka People's...

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Vasudeva Nanayakkara

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He entered the Ceylon Law College, qualifying as an proctor and started his legal practice. Nanayakkara joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) as student...

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Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972

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and the Left, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party's Colvin R. de Silva being a central figure in the movement. “We seek your mandate to permit the members of Parliament...

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