United National Front (Sri Lanka)
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The United National Front (UNF) (Sinhala: එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ) later the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) (Sinhala: එක්සත් යහපාලන ජාතික පෙරමුණ Eksath Yahapalana Jathika Peramuna; Tamil: நல்லாட்சிக்கான ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி) was a political alliance in Sri Lanka led by the United National Party.
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United National Front for Good Governance එක්සත් යහපාලන ජාතික පෙරමුණ நல்லாட்சிக்கான ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி | |
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Abbreviation | UNFGG |
Leader | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Secretary General | Akila Viraj Kariyawasam |
Founded | October 2001 (2001-10) (as the United National Front) 5 July 2015 (2015-07-05) (as the United National Front for Good Governance) |
Dissolved | 2020 |
Preceded by | United National Front |
Succeeded by | Samagi Jana Balawegaya (Sajith faction) |
Headquarters | 120A, Stafford Road, Colombo 06, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Ideology | Conservatism |
Political position | Centre-right |
Colors | Green |
Parliament of Sri Lanka | 1 / 225
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Election symbol | |
Elephant | |
The UNF was the governing party of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2020. The alliance once consisted of 7 parties, including the largest Muslim party in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, and the Sinhalese nationalist party Jathika Hela Urumaya. Since 2020, however, the alliance has been rendered mostly nugatory, with the alliance only having one national list seat in the parliament and the UNP being the only constituent party of the alliance.