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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Predicate Object
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. M. Rajapaksa ⓘ
linked to: D. A. 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 Women’s Wing ⓘ
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 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 ⓘ
W. Dahanayake → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Sri Lanka Freedom Party → predecessor → Sri Lanka Freedom Front ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Sri Lanka Freedom Party → hasWing → Sri Lanka Freedom Party Youth Wing ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Sri Lanka Freedom Party → hasWing → Sri Lanka Freedom Party Women’s Wing ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Sinhala Only policy → promotedByPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Sirimavo Bandaranaike → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Anura Bandaranaike → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Chandrika Kumaratunga → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake → memberOf → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Horagolla Walauwa → associatedWith → Sri Lanka Freedom Party leaders ⓘ
subject linked to: Horagolla Walauwa, Sri Lanka
linked to: Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Mahinda Rajapaksa → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Sanath Jayasuriya → politicalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Politics of Ceylon → majorPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
C. P. de Silva → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
SLFP → fullName → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Philip Gunawardena → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
D. A. Rajapaksa → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
A. P. Jayasuriya → politicalAffiliation → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
A. P. Jayasuriya → founderOf → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
United People’s Freedom Alliance → hasLeaderParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
United People’s Freedom Alliance → mainMemberParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
United People’s Freedom Alliance → memberParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
United People’s Freedom Alliance → oftenLedBy → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Bandaranaike family → politicalOrientation → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Bandaranaike family → foundingMemberOf → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike → founded → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Bandaranaike family
William de Silva → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
William de Silva → affiliatedWith → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Maithripala Sirisena → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna → originatedFrom → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna → splitFrom → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
D. S. Gunasekera → founderOf → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Sri Lanka People’s Freedom Alliance → leader → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Sri Lanka People’s Freedom Alliance → hasMember → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
D. M. Jayaratne → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Nimal Siripala de Silva → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Sirima
Anuruddha Ratwatte → politicalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Ratwatte
Bandaranaike family → politicalPartyAssociation → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Bandaranaike
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike → politicalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Bandaranaike
Sirimavo Bandaranaike → politicalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Bandaranaike
Chandrika Kumaratunga → politicalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Bandaranaike
Attanagalla → politicalPartyStrongholdOf → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
K. B. Ratnayake → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ