Somawansa Amarasinghe
Sri Lankan politician and former JVP leader (1943–2016) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Somawansha Amarasinghe | |
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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 |
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He was the leader of People's Servants Party, established in June 2015, until his death.