G. L. Peiris
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Born | 13 August 1946 |
Political party | University of Ceylon, Colombo University College, Oxford |
Gamini Lakshman Peiris (
Early life and education
Peiris was born to Glanville Peiris, a diplomat who was the former Director-General of External Affairs and Ceylon's Ambassador to
Academic career
Joining the academic staff of the
Political career
People's Alliance Government (1994–2001)
Peiris was a close confidant of the former President
In 2001, Peiris fell out with President Kumaratunga and defected to the opposition, effectively bringing down the government.
United National Front Government (2001–2004)
After leaving the PA, Peiris joined the opposition United National Party led United National Front (UNF), which captured power in the subsequent general election.[10]
When the UNF government headed by the then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe engaged in peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Peiris was appointed as the chief negotiator.[11]
Defeated government (2004–2007)
The UNP government was defeated in 2004 and was in the opposition
Rejoin UPFA (2007–2016)
He was amongst the many who defected to the government alongside Karu Jayasuriya in 2007 and gain ministerial portfolios. [12][13] On 9 January 2015, he shifted as opposition MP representing UPFA. In the 2015 election, he lost his seat in parliament as he was not selected from the UPFA national list.[14]
SLPP (2016–2022)
He was named the chairman of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna on 1 November 2016.[15] Following the appointment he was removed from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.[16]
The SLPP achieved a landslide victory in the 2020 general election and Peris was appointed to parliament from the national list and made the Minister of education. In the Cabinet reshuffle of August 2021 he was made minister of foreign affairs once again.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "G.L Peiris". Manthri.lk. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "FOREIGN MINISTER". Ministry of Foreign Affairs -Sri Lanka. Government of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "New State Ministers sworn in before the President". Ada Derana.lk. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ Bandara, Kelum (13 August 2020). "newly sworn Cabinet: New MPs receive more executive authority in new government". Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ISSN 0266-4488. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- The Daily Mirror. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ Sri Abeyratne, Dharma (3 November 2016). "Renamed political party under GL's chairmanship". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Gentleman politician". Archived from the original on 17 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ a b "G.L. Peiris CV". Asian-affairs.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ "Sri Lanka talks snag 'resolved'". BBC News. 7 January 2003. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "UNP dissidents join Government". Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Ranil vows to 'continue fight'". BBC Sinhala. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Daily Mirror - UPFA, UNP national lists announced". Dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "'Our Sri Lanka Freedom Front' changes name; GL named Chairman". Adaderana.lk. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "SLFP membership of G.L Peries cancelled - Gold FM News - Srilanka's Number One News Portal". Hirunews.lk. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
External links
- Parliament profile
- Visit of Minister of External Affairs, Sri Lanka Prof. G. L. Peiris - Joint Media Interaction - Part 1. Ministry of External Affairs, India.
- "Sri Lanka working to address the post-ethnic war issues: Peiris tells Jaishankar". The Hindu. 24 September 2021 – via PTI.