Sri Lankan politician and former JVP leader (1943–2016)
Somawansha Amarasinghe
සෝමවංශ අමරසිංහ
4th Leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
In office 1 January 1990 – 2 February 2014
Preceded by
Lalith Wijerathna
Succeeded by
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Personal details
Born
Amarasinghe Kankanamlage Somawansa
(1943-01-01)1 January 1943 Payagala, Kalutara
Died
15 June 2016(2016-06-15) (aged 73) Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka
Nationality
Sri Lankan
Political party
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna People’s Servants Party
Education
Kalutara Vidyalaya
Occupation
Politician
Amarasinghe Kankanamlage Somawansa (1 January 1943 – 15 June 2016 as Sinhala: සෝමවංශ අමරසිංහ),[1] commonly as Somawansha Amarasinghe, was a Sri Lankan politician, and the 4th leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, after Rohana Wijeweera, Saman Piyasiri Fernando and Lalith Wijerathna and served as its leader for 23 years until February 2, 2014.[2] He is often described as a strategic leader who socialized the ideological struggle of the JVP into socialism through the nationalist struggle to save the country from Tamil separatist terrorism.[3]
He was the leader of People's Servants Party, established in June 2015, until his death.
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