About Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by Solomon West Ridgeway Dias 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 government on a number of occasions.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is currently a part of the UPFA (United People's Freedom Alliance) which is the current ruling party of Sri Lanka. The current leader if the Sri Lanka Freedom Party is Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa who is the current president of Sri Lanka. Mr  Maithripala Sirisena is the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

President Rajapaksa's family has had close ties with the SLFP since its inception. His father was the first person to follow late Prime Minister and founder of the SLFP S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike when he crossed over to the Opposition in 1951.