Sri Lanka Freedom Party

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The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is a major centre-left political party in Sri Lanka that has played a leading role in the country’s post-independence politics and governance.

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instanceOf centre-left political party
political party
color blue
country Sri Lanka
focusesOnPolicy non-alignment in foreign policy
state intervention in the economy
welfare state
founded 1951
foundedBy A. P. Jayasuriya
C. P. de Silva
D. A. Rajapaksa
D. A. Rajapaksa
surface form: D. M. Rajapaksa

D. S. Gunasekera
Philip Gunawardena
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
William de Silva
foundedIn Colombo
hasAlliance Sri Lanka People’s Freedom Alliance
United People’s Freedom Alliance
hasGovernedWith United People’s Freedom Alliance
hasLanguage Sinhala
hasMajorRival Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
United National Party
hasNotableLeader Anura Bandaranaike
C. P. de Silva
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
D. A. Rajapaksa
D. M. Jayaratne
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Maithripala Sirisena
Nimal Siripala de Silva
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
hasParticipatedIn governments of Sri Lanka since independence
hasStrongSupportBase Sinhalese Buddhist majority
rural population of Sri Lanka
hasWing Sri Lanka Freedom Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sri Lanka Freedom Party Women’s Wing

Sri Lanka Freedom Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sri Lanka Freedom Party Youth Wing
headquarters Colombo
ideology Sri Lankan nationalism
democratic socialism
social democracy
nationalAffiliation United People’s Freedom Alliance
notablePresidentFromParty Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Maithripala Sirisena
notablePrimeMinisterFromParty D. M. Jayaratne
Mahinda Rajapaksa
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
operatesInSystem multi-party system of Sri Lanka
politicalPosition centre-left
left-wing nationalism
predecessor Sri Lanka Freedom Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sri Lanka Freedom Front
shortName SLFP
splitFrom United National Party
symbol hand

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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike founded Sri Lanka Freedom Party
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike politicalParty Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Sirimavo Bandaranaike politicalParty Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka politicalPartyInPowerDuringAdoption Sri Lanka Freedom Party
subject surface form: 1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka
W. Dahanayake memberOfPoliticalParty Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Sri Lanka Freedom Party predecessor Sri Lanka Freedom Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sri Lanka Freedom Front
Sri Lanka Freedom Party hasWing Sri Lanka Freedom Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sri Lanka Freedom Party Youth Wing
Sri Lanka Freedom Party hasWing Sri Lanka Freedom Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sri Lanka Freedom Party Women’s Wing
Sinhala Only policy promotedByPoliticalParty Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike memberOfPoliticalParty Sri Lanka Freedom Party
subject surface form: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Anura Bandaranaike memberOfPoliticalParty Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Chandrika Kumaratunga (as Prime Minister in 1994) memberOfPoliticalParty Sri Lanka Freedom Party
subject surface form: Chandrika Kumaratunga
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (as Prime Minister in 2000) memberOfPoliticalParty Sri Lanka Freedom Party
subject surface form: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (as Prime Minister in 2000) memberOf Sri Lanka Freedom Party
subject surface form: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Horagolla Walauwa, Sri Lanka associatedWith Sri Lanka Freedom Party
subject surface form: Horagolla Walauwa
this entity surface form: Sri Lanka Freedom Party leaders
Mahinda Rajapaksa memberOfPoliticalParty Sri Lanka Freedom Party