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| leader          = Anura Kumara Dissanayake
| leader          = Anura Kumara Dissanayake
| foundation      = 14th May 1965
| foundation      = 14th May 1965
| ideology        = Marxism-Leninism
| ideology        = [[Marxism-Leninism]]
Revolutionary socialism (pre-1989)
Revolutionary socialism (pre-1989)
Anti-imperialism
Anti-imperialism
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| website          = https://www.jvpsrilanka.com/english/
| website          = https://www.jvpsrilanka.com/english/
| country          = Sri Lanka
| country          = Sri Lanka
| founder          = Rohana Wijeweera
| founder          = [[Rohana Wijeweera]]
| split            = Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
| split            = Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
|anthem="The Internationale"}}
|anthem="The Internationale"}}
[[File:Old may day.jpg|thumb|JVP May Day rally. [[Rohana Wijeweera]] is seen in the center]]
'''Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna''' (Sinhala: ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ People's Liberation Front), shortened to '''JVP,''' is a [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]], and formerly [[Social revolution|revolutionary]], political party in Sri Lanka. JVP has been, since it's creation, a major opposing force throughout the political instability in Sri Lanka up to Rohana's death in 1989. Since then members of the party returned to public politics.<ref>https://www.jvpsrilanka.com/english/about-us/history-of-1965-1994/#</ref>
'''Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna''' (Sinhala: ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ People's Liberation Front), shortened to '''JVP,''' is a [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]], and formerly [[Social revolution|revolutionary]], political party in Sri Lanka. JVP has been, since it's creation, a major opposing force throughout the political instability in Sri Lanka up to Rohana's death in 1989. Since then members of the party returned to public politics.<ref>https://www.jvpsrilanka.com/english/about-us/history-of-1965-1994/#</ref>



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Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Founder Rohana Wijeweera
Founded 14th May 1965
Split from Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
Headquarters 464/20, Pannipitiya Road, Pelawatte, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
Ideology

Marxism-Leninism Revolutionary socialism (pre-1989)

Anti-imperialism
Anthem "The Internationale"
Website
https://www.jvpsrilanka.com/english/

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (Sinhala: ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ People's Liberation Front), shortened to JVP, is a Marxist-Leninist, and formerly revolutionary, political party in Sri Lanka. JVP has been, since it's creation, a major opposing force throughout the political instability in Sri Lanka up to Rohana's death in 1989. Since then members of the party returned to public politics.[1]

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