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The Tamil Question in a Changing Sri Lanka: The Limits of Dissanayake’s Leftist Agenda
A failure to engage with Tamil demands for justice, accountability, and autonomy will ultimately prevent Dissanayake from ...
Sri Lankan president seeks party win in parliamentary election to help him push his economic reforms
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party’s power in Thursday’s parliamentary ...
Who is Sri Lanka’s new President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake?
In the history of the JVP, Dissanayake has played a particular role in its jettisoning of socialistic demagogy and ...
The Daily Gazette1d
Sri Lanka's leftist president faces first parliament test
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 55, who counts Karl Marx and Che Guevara among his heroes, has the backing of the country ...
NBC Washington1mon
Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka's election as voters reject old guard
Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara ... Dissanayake was first elected to Parliament in 2000 and briefly held the portfolio of agriculture and irrigation minister under then-President Chandrika Kumaratunga.
Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's new Marxist president?
Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake ... the party's politburo. Dissanayake was elected to Parliament in 2000, and when the ...
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Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as ... and irrigation minister under then-President Chandrika Kumaratunga. He ran for president for the first ...
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Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist politician Anura Kumara ... under President Chandrika Kumaratunga. He ran for president for the first time in 2019 and lost to Rajapaksa. Dissanayake’s ...