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Tissa Vitarana Dies at 91: Sri Lanka LSSP Leader and APRC Figure

16 February 20261 min read
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRSTissa VitaranaDies at 91: SriLanka LSSP Leaderand APRC Figure16 February 2026safalsetu.com

Why in the news

News came from Colombo that Tissa Vitarana, a senior Sri Lankan politician from the left, had died at 91.

Key facts

  • Role: leader of the LSSP, a leftist party.
  • Important member of the APRC (All Party Representative Committee).
  • APRC date: 2006; purpose: a political answer to the island’s civil war.
  • Place of death: Colombo.

About the APRC

The committee gathered parties of different views in 2006 to craft a political settlement of the civil war.

Exam angle

  • Party abbreviation: LSSP.
  • Committee abbreviation: APRC, formed 2006.
  • Country: Sri Lanka.

Test yourself

1. Tissa Vitarana, who died aged 91, led which Sri Lankan political party?

He led the leftist LSSP.

2. In which year was the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) in Sri Lanka formed?

The APRC was formed in 2006.

3. The APRC, in which Tissa Vitarana was a key figure, was created to seek what?

It aimed at a political solution to the civil war.

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