List of Members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
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List of prominent members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
(LSSP), a marxist, trotskyist, socialist party in Sri Lanka
. Some of the people listed below may only briefly have been in the LSSP.
A large proportion of the leadership of the Left in Sri Lanka started their political lives in the LSSP. This is even true of the political right; for example, Esmond Wickremasinghe (the father of Ranil Wickremasinghe) was a leading member of the party -- before marrying the daughter of the wealthy press baron D.R Wijewardena and being appointed editor-in-chief of Lake House.
Founder Members
Other Prominent Members
Members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Lanka Sama Samaja Party
The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka....
(LSSP), a marxist, trotskyist, socialist party in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. Some of the people listed below may only briefly have been in the LSSP.
A large proportion of the leadership of the Left in Sri Lanka started their political lives in the LSSP. This is even true of the political right; for example, Esmond Wickremasinghe (the father of Ranil Wickremasinghe) was a leading member of the party -- before marrying the daughter of the wealthy press baron D.R Wijewardena and being appointed editor-in-chief of Lake House.
Founder Members
- Dr. N.M. Perera
- Philip GunawardenaPhilip GunawardenaDon Philip Rupasinghe Gunawardena introduced Trotskyism to Sri Lanka, where he is a national hero, known as 'the Father of Socialism' and as 'the Lion of Boralugoda'.-Early life & education:...
, later Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja PartyViplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja PartyViplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party was a group that broke away from the Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party, since Philip Gunawardena refused to reconcile with the Bolshevik Samasamaja Party...
, later Mahajana Eksath PeramunaMahajana Eksath PeramunaThe Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena.... - Robert Gunewardena, later Mahajana Eksath PeramunaMahajana Eksath PeramunaThe Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena....
- Dr. Colvin R de Silva
- Dr. S.A. Wickremesinghe, later Communist Party of Sri LankaCommunist Party of Sri LankaThe Communist Party of Sri Lanka is a communist political party in Sri Lanka. At the last legislative elections, on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats....
Other Prominent Members
- Hector AbhayavardhanaHector AbhayavardhanaHector Abhayavardhana is a Sri Lankan Trotskyist theoretician, a long-standing member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party and a founder-member of the Bolshevik-Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma.-Early life:...
- S.C.C. Anthonipillai (Toni)
- Seneka BibileSeneka BibileSenaka Bibile was a Sri Lankan pharmacologist. He was the founder of Sri Lanka’s drug policy, which was used as a model for development of policies based on rational pharmaceutical use in other countries as well by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and...
- Mark Anthony BracegirdleMark Anthony BracegirdleMark Anthony Lyster Bracegirdle , was an Anglo-Australian Marxist revolutionary, who played a key role in Sri Lanka's independence struggle. He was one of the handful of European Radicals in Sri Lanka...
- Doric de Souza
- Carlo Fonseka
- Cholomondely Goonewardena, later Sri Lanka Sama Samaja PartySri Lanka Sama Samaja PartyThe Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party was formed in 1982, when the LSSP split over the question of a coalition with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ....
later Sri Lanka Freedom PartySri Lanka Freedom PartyThe Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... - Leslie Goonewardena
- Vivienne GoonewardenaVivienne GoonewardenaViolet Vivienne Goonewardena was a Sri Lankan pioneer socialist and feminist. Her life and politics were shaped by the most interesting times of the Sri Lankan Left and she was in turn one of its more colourful personalities.-Political beginnings:Goonewardena was drawn into politics while still...
- Jeanne HobanJeanne HobanJeanne Hoban , known after her marriage as Jeanne Moonesinghe, was a British Trotskyist who became active in trade unionism and politics in Sri Lanka. She was one of the handful of European Radicals in Sri Lanka.- Early years :She was born in Gillingham, Kent...
Moonesinghe, later Sri Lanka Sama Samaja PartySri Lanka Sama Samaja PartyThe Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party was formed in 1982, when the LSSP split over the question of a coalition with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party .... - Osmund JayaratneOsmund JayaratneVidya Jyothi Osmund Jayaratne was Sri Lankan academic and politician. He was the President of the Colombo Campus, University of Sri Lanka , Emeritus Professor of Physics....
- Siritunga JayasuriyaSiritunga JayasuriyaSiritunga Jayasuriya was a contestant in the Sri Lanka presidential election in 2005. He received 35,405 votes, 0.36 % of the votes cast and came third. He is a trade unionist and leader of the United Socialist Party...
later Nava Sama Samaja PartyNava Sama Samaja PartyThe Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...
, later United Socialist PartyUnited Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:... - Wickremabahu Karunaratne, later Nava Sama Samaja PartyNava Sama Samaja PartyThe Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...
- V. Karalasingham (Carlo)
- Vijaya KumaratungaVijaya KumaratungaKovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga was a popular Sri Lankan film actor and politician, married to former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga from 1978 to his assassination in 1988.- Family life :In 1978, Kumaratunga married Chandrika Bandaranaike, daughter of the...
, later Sri Lanka Freedom PartySri Lanka Freedom PartyThe Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...
, later Sri Lanka Mahajana Party - Rhoda Miller de Silva
- Anil MoonesingheAnil MoonesingheAnil Moonesinghe was a Sri Lankan Trotskyist revolutionary politician and trade unionist. He became a Member of Parliament, a Cabinet Minister, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament and a Diplomat. He authored several books and edited newspapers and magazines. He was Chairperson and General Manager of...
, later Sri Lanka Sama Samaja PartySri Lanka Sama Samaja PartyThe Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party was formed in 1982, when the LSSP split over the question of a coalition with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ....
later Sri Lanka Freedom PartySri Lanka Freedom PartyThe Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... - Wesley Muttiah, later Nava Sama Samaja PartyNava Sama Samaja PartyThe Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...
- Vasudeva NanayakkaraVasudeva NanayakkaraVasudeva Nanayakkara is a veteran left-wing Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and a former presidential candidate.-Politics:Nanayakkara joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party as student in 1958...
, later Nava Sama Samaja PartyNava Sama Samaja PartyThe Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...
, later Democratic Left FrontDemocratic Left FrontThe Democratic Left Front was formed as a non-sectarian and non-authoritarian anti-capitalist front in South Africa. It was formed at the Conference for a Democratic Left held in Johannesburg in January 2011.... - G.E.H. Perera
- G.P. Perera ('Elephant Perera')
- Edmund SamarakkodyEdmund SamarakkodyEdmund Samarakkody was a leading Trotskyist in Sri Lanka and at one time a member of that country's parliament. He was a leader of the Fourth International's section, the LSSP, and a supporter of the establishment of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International in 1963...
, later Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)Lanka Sama Samaja Party was a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. LSSP was formed in 1964 when the Lanka Sama Samaja Party was expelled from the Fourth International. LSSP was constituted by the ideological hardliners who opposed LSSP joining the national government and wanted to preserve the...
, later Revolutionary Workers PartyRevolutionary Workers Party (Sri Lanka)Revolutionary Workers Party, initially known as Revolutionary Samasamaja Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed in 1968, as a split from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party . The founding secretary of the party was Edmund Samarakkoddy... - Wilfred SenanayakeWilfred SenanayakeWilfred Senanayake former MP representing the electorate of Homagama.He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo. Unbeknownst to his parents, he joined the Army....
, later Sri Lanka Sama Samaja PartySri Lanka Sama Samaja PartyThe Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party was formed in 1982, when the LSSP split over the question of a coalition with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ....
later Sri Lanka Freedom PartySri Lanka Freedom PartyThe Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... - Regi SiriwardenaRegi SiriwardenaRegi Siriwardena was a Sri Lankan academic, journalist, poet, writer, playwright and writer of screenplays.- Early life & education :...
(Hamid or Hameed) - Bernard Soyza
- I. J. Wickrema
- Tissa Vitarana
- Batty Weerakoon
- Percy Wickremesekera, later Sri Lanka Sama Samaja PartySri Lanka Sama Samaja PartyThe Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party was formed in 1982, when the LSSP split over the question of a coalition with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ....
- D.G. William ('Galle Face (due to Brian P&aecute;ppers)
- Doreen Young WickremasingheDoreen Young WickremasingheDoreen Wickremasinghe was a British leftist who became a prominent Communist politician in Sri Lanka and a Member of Parliament . She was one of the handful of European Radicals in Sri Lanka....
, later Communist Party of Sri LankaCommunist Party of Sri LankaThe Communist Party of Sri Lanka is a communist political party in Sri Lanka. At the last legislative elections, on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats.... - V.S. Rajah ('Raja sahodaraya' 1935-2000), Long standing member of Lanka Sama Samaja PartyLanka Sama Samaja PartyThe Lanka Sama Samaja Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka....