Somawansa Amarasinghe

Somawansha Amarasinghe
සෝමවංශ අමරසිංහ

4th leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
In office January 1990 – 2 February 2014
Preceded by	Lalith Wijerathna
Succeeded by	Anura Kumara Dissanayaka
Personal details
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Education	Kalutara Vidyalaya
Occupation	Politician

Somawansha Amarasinghe is a Sri Lankan politician who was the 4rd leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. He studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya.

He rebuilt the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna after almost all of its top leaders were eliminated in 1989/1990. He continued to be the leader until his retirement in February 2014.

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Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

History	1971 Insurrection 1987–89 Insurrection Grenade attack on Parliament Temple of the Tooth attack Assassinations

Leaders	Rohana Wijeweera Upatissa Gamanayake Saman Piyasiri Fernando Lalith Wijerathna Somawansa Amarasinghe Anura Kumara Dissanayaka

Alliances	Democratic National Alliance (DNA) United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA)

Factions & spin offs	Frontline Socialist Party Janatha Sevaka Pakshaya Jathika Nidahas Peramuna

Related articles	Attacks Assassinations Matale mass grave Sooriyakanda mass grave Inter University Students' Federation

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