The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP Sinhalese: එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය (pronounced Eksath Jathika Pakshaya), Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி), is a leading political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe. The UNP is considered to have right-leaning, business friendly policies.

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  • The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP Sinhalese: එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය (pronounced Eksath Jathika Pakshaya), Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி), is a leading political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe. The UNP is considered to have right-leaning, business friendly policies. At the last legislative elections in Sri Lanka, held on 2 April 2004, the UNP was the leading member of the coalition United National Front, which won 37.8% of the popular vote and 82 out of 225 seats in Parliament. It came in second to the United People's Freedom Alliance, a left-leaning coalition, which won 45.60% of the vote. The Front previously held a majority in parliament from December 2001 until April 2004, when it had 109 seats, with Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister. The UNP had previously been the governing party or in the governing coalition from 1947 to 1956, from 1965 to 1970 and from 1977 to 1994. In total, the UNP governed Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) for 33 of 57 years of its independent history. The UNP also had control of the executive presidency from its formation in 1978 to 1994. The UNP is a conservative party to the right of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, favouring a more neo-liberal market-oriented economy. The UNP is also member of the International Democrat Union.
  • Die United National Party, kurz UNP, ist eine politische Partei in Sri Lanka die am 6. September 1946 von Don Stephan Senanayake gegründet wurde. Sie wird von Ranil Wickremesinghe geführt und gehört zurzeit zur Opposition. Bei den letzten Wahlen in Sri Lanka am 2. April 2004 gewann die UNP 37.8% und damit 82 von den 225 Sitzen im Parlament. Die UNP ist eine demokratische, sozialistische Partei, obwohl sie im Allgemeinen als konservativer betrachtet wird als die Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
  • Le United National Party est un parti politique srilankais, fondé en 1946, membre de l'Union démocrate internationale. Principal parti d'opposition, se montrant très critique envers la guerre menée contre les rebelles tamouls par le gouvernement de Mahinda Rajapakse, il subit la politique répressive du gouvernement. Ses membres font l'objet de pressions et d'intimidations, et sont parfois victimes d'assassinats. Ainsi, le 1 janvier 2008, le député tamoul de Jaffna au parlement srilankais, Thiyagarajah Maheswaran, qui avait déjà fait l'objet d'une tentative d'assassinat en 2004, a été assassiné dans le temple Ponnambala Va'neasvarar à Kochchikkadai, dans le district de Colombo, après qu'il a déclaré dans une émission populaire de la chaîne de télévision Shakti TV qu'il avait l'intention de révéler les détails d'une « campagne de terreur » que, selon ses vues, le gouvernement srilankais mènerait à Jaffna.
  • United National Party, UNP, är ett politiskt parti i Sri Lanka. Partiet ingår tillsammans med Ceylon Workers' Congress i oppositionsalliansen United National Front, UNF. UNP och Sri Lanka Freedom Party har varit de dominerade partierna i Sri Lanka efter självständigheten 1948. Partiet leds av Ranil Wickremasinghe.
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  • The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP Sinhalese: එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය (pronounced Eksath Jathika Pakshaya), Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி), is a leading political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe. The UNP is considered to have right-leaning, business friendly policies.
  • Die United National Party, kurz UNP, ist eine politische Partei in Sri Lanka die am 6. September 1946 von Don Stephan Senanayake gegründet wurde. Sie wird von Ranil Wickremesinghe geführt und gehört zurzeit zur Opposition. Bei den letzten Wahlen in Sri Lanka am 2. April 2004 gewann die UNP 37.8% und damit 82 von den 225 Sitzen im Parlament. Die UNP ist eine demokratische, sozialistische Partei, obwohl sie im Allgemeinen als konservativer betrachtet wird als die Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
  • Le United National Party est un parti politique srilankais, fondé en 1946, membre de l'Union démocrate internationale. Principal parti d'opposition, se montrant très critique envers la guerre menée contre les rebelles tamouls par le gouvernement de Mahinda Rajapakse, il subit la politique répressive du gouvernement. Ses membres font l'objet de pressions et d'intimidations, et sont parfois victimes d'assassinats.
  • United National Party, UNP, är ett politiskt parti i Sri Lanka. Partiet ingår tillsammans med Ceylon Workers' Congress i oppositionsalliansen United National Front, UNF. UNP och Sri Lanka Freedom Party har varit de dominerade partierna i Sri Lanka efter självständigheten 1948. Partiet leds av Ranil Wickremasinghe.
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