Information:  - The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ("Sri Lanka Janadhipathi") is the elected head of state and head of government of Sri Lanka. The President leads the executive branch of the Sri Lankan government and is the commander-in-chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces.  - The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D 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 party is generally considered as having a socialist or progressive economic agenda and is often associated with nationalist Sinhala parties. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is a main constituent party in the United People's Freedom Alliance.  - Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa, MP (, ; born 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the sixth President of Sri Lanka from 19 November 2005 to 9 January 2015. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and he served as Prime Minister from 6 April 2004 until his victory in the 2005 presidential election. He was sworn in for his first six-year term as President on 19 November 2005. He was re-elected for a second term on 27 January 2010. He was defeated in his bid for a third term in the 2015 presidential election by Maithripala Sirisena and left office on 9 January 2015.  - Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (; born 29 June 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the fifth President of Sri Lanka, from 12 November 1994 to 19 November 2005. The country's only female president to date, she is the daughter of two former prime ministers and was the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) until the end of 2005.  - Ranil Wickremesinghe, MP (; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 9 January 2015, as Leader of the United National Party since 1994 and the Member of Parliament for Colombo District since 1977. He is also the leader of the United National Front, having been appointed head of the alliance in October 2009.  - Pallewatte Gamaralalage Maithripala Yapa Sirisena (known as Maithripala Sirisena or also referred to as "Maithri" ; born 3 September 1951) is a Sri Lankan politician who is the 7th and current President of Sri Lanka, since 2015. Although born in the Western Province, Sirisena hails from the North Central Province of the country and is the first president from that province. He is an agriculturist and does not belong to the Sri Lankan political elite.  - The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP (pronounced "Eksath Jathika Pakshaya"), is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main ruling party in the government of Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe. The UNP is considered to have right-leaning, pro-capitalist, and liberal conservative policies.  - The Parliament of Sri Lanka (Sinhala:    "Sri Lanka Parlimenthuwa") is the 225-member unicameral legislature of Sri Lanka. The members of Parliament are elected by proportional representation for five-year terms, with universal suffrage. Parliament reserves the power to make all laws. It is modeled after the British Parliament.  - Cyril Mathew belonged to the United National Party and was a minister in the cabinet of President J.R. Jayewardene in the 1977s and 1980s . Mathew was the author of the book Sinhalese ! Rise to Protect Buddhism , which urged Sinhalese to stand up for their rights and protect their values . He also issued a pamphlet Who is the Tiger . He is widely regarded as one of the key ministers responsible for the anti-Tamil riots of July 1983 , which subsequently resulted in the outbreak of a 26 year civil war . Mathew was expelled from the Cabinet and the governing United National Party by President J. R. Jayewardene in 1984 after criticizing a conference called by Mr. Jayewardene to redress grievances of the Tamil minority . Cyril mathew is also a calibration engineer . Mathew represented the Kelaniya electorate for the UNP . He was known for his hard - line position against Tamil political aspirations . His son Nanda Mathew was also a member of the parliament and later held several ministerial posts , such as minister of Sports and Youth affairs , under successive UNP governments . He was later appointed by President Chandrika Kumaratunga and President Mahinda Rajapaksa as Governor of the Uva Province .  - Sri Lanka (or ; Sinhalese:   ', Tamil:  "Ilakai"), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon), is an island country in South Asia near south-east India. Sri Lanka has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest.    'cyril mathew' is related to which object entity through the relation of 'country of citizenship'?  Choices: - maldives  - politician  - sri lanka
sri lanka