N. M. Perera
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N. M. Perera was a prominent Sri Lankan Marxist politician, economist, and leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party who played a key role in the country’s leftist and trade union movements.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marxist
ⓘ
economist ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in economics ⓘ |
| coFounded | Lanka Sama Samaja Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ceylon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1905-06-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1979-08-14 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Harold Laski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Ananda College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London School of Economics ⓘ University of London ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sinhalese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Nanayakkarapathirage Martin Perera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldMayoralOfficeEnd | 1956 ⓘ |
| heldMayoralOfficeStart | 1954 ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism
ⓘ
Trotskyism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
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opposition to colonial rule in Ceylon ⓘ role in Sri Lankan leftist politics ⓘ role in trade union movement in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| movement |
Sri Lankan leftist movement
ⓘ
trade union movement in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of socialist economic policies in Sri Lanka
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leading figure of Trotskyist movement in South Asia ⓘ |
| notableWork | Doctoral thesis on public finance in Ceylon ⓘ |
| parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented |
Ruwanwella
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yatiyantota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermEnd | 1977 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermStart | 1947 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ruwanwella, Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Colombo, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Lanka Sama Samaja Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Leader of the Opposition of Ceylon
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Mayor of Colombo ⓘ Member of Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ Member of the State Council of Ceylon ⓘ Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| servedAsFinanceMinisterEnd |
1965
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1975 ⓘ |
| servedAsFinanceMinisterStart |
1964
ⓘ
1970 ⓘ |
| spouse | Selina Perera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasImprisonedFor | anti-colonial political activities ⓘ |
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