United National Party

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centre-right political party political party

The United National Party is a major center-right political party in Sri Lanka that has played a dominant role in the country’s post-independence governance and economic policy.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
United National Party canonical 14
United National Party Youth Front 1
United National Party government 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf centre-right political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Sri Lanka ⓘ
foundedBy D. S. Senanayake ⓘ
hasAbbreviation UNP ⓘ
hasColor green ⓘ
hasIdeologicalOrientation export‑oriented growth ⓘ
privatization policies ⓘ
pro‑market economic reforms ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
hasNotableLeader D. B. Wijetunga ⓘ
D. S. Senanayake ⓘ
Dudley Senanayake ⓘ
J. R. Jayewardene ⓘ
Ranasinghe Premadasa ⓘ
Ranil Wickremesinghe ⓘ
hasPresidentProduced D. B. Wijetunga ⓘ
J. R. Jayewardene ⓘ
Ranasinghe Premadasa ⓘ
Ranil Wickremesinghe ⓘ
hasPrimeMinisterProduced D. B. Wijetunga ⓘ
D. S. Senanayake ⓘ
Dudley Senanayake ⓘ
J. R. Jayewardene ⓘ
Ranasinghe Premadasa ⓘ
Ranil Wickremesinghe ⓘ
hasSplit Samagi Jana Balawegaya ⓘ
hasStatus major political party in Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasSymbol elephant ⓘ
hasWing Lak Vanitha women’s wing ⓘ
United National Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United National Party Youth Front
headquartersLocation Colombo ⓘ
ideology economic liberalism ⓘ
liberal conservatism ⓘ
pro‑Western foreign policy ⓘ
inception 1946 ⓘ
isMemberOf International Democrat Union ⓘ
surface form: Asia Pacific Democrat Union

International Democrat Union ⓘ
operatesIn unicameral Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of Sri Lanka
participatesIn Sri Lankan parliamentary elections ⓘ
playedRoleIn economic liberalization of Sri Lanka in 1977 ⓘ
post‑independence governance of Sri Lanka ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-right ⓘ
precededBy Ceylon National Congress ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
shortName UNP ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dudley Senanayake → memberOfPoliticalParty → United National Party ⓘ
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike → politicalParty → United National Party ⓘ
D. S. Senanayake → politicalParty → United National Party ⓘ
D. S. Senanayake → founded → United National Party ⓘ
W. Dahanayake → memberOfPoliticalParty → United National Party ⓘ
Sri Lanka Freedom Party → splitFrom → United National Party ⓘ
Sri Lanka Freedom Party → hasMajorRival → United National Party ⓘ
Sir John Kotelawala → memberOfPoliticalParty → United National Party ⓘ
Don Stephen → memberOfPoliticalParty → United National Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Don Stephen Senanayake
Don Stephen → founderOf → United National Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Don Stephen Senanayake
Anura Bandaranaike → memberOfPoliticalParty → United National Party ⓘ
United National Party → hasWing → United National Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United National Party Youth Front
J. R. Jayewardene (as Prime Minister in 1977) → politicalParty → United National Party ⓘ
subject surface form: J. R. Jayewardene
J. R. Jayewardene → politicalParty → United National Party ⓘ
Black July → perpetrator → United National Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: United National Party supporters
Black July → hasParticipant → United National Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: United National Party government
Ranasinghe Premadasa → politicalParty → United National Party ⓘ