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University of Northern Philippines. / 17.567°N 120.383°E / 17.567; 120.383. The University of Northern Philippines ( UNP; Filipino: Pamantasan ng Kahilagaang Pilipinas [1]) is a university in Barangay Tamag, in the City of Vigan in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. It is the first and oldest state university in Northern Luzon ...
The State University of Padang ( Indonesian: Universitas Negeri Padang, abbreviated UNP) is a state university in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, On the 23rd of October 1954, it was established by the Ministry of Education Indonesia. Currently, the rector is Prof. Ganefri, Ph.D. Previously, the rector was Prof. Dr. Phil. H. Yanuar Kiram.
The University of Nebraska Press ( UNP) was founded in 1941 and is an academic publisher of scholarly and general-interest books. The press is under the auspices of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the main campus of the University of Nebraska system. UNP publishes primarily non-fiction books and academic journals, in both print and ...
D. S. Senanayake, the founder of the party. The UNP was founded by Don Stephen Senanayake in 1946 by amalgamating three right-leaning, pro-dominion parties from the majority Sinhalese community and minority Tamil and Muslim communities. [6] Senanayake had earlier resigned from the Ceylon National Congress due to its revised aim in achieving ...
Harsha Abeywardena, Sirisena Cooray, Gamini Wijesekere, Senarath Kapukotuwa and Tissa Attanayake are some of the party members who were the general secretaries in the past. Kapukotuwa held the General Secretary position of UNP from 2001 to 2004. [2] Tissa Attanayake was one of the longest serving secretaries of the party but resigned from the ...
The leader of the United National Party is the highest position in the party. The leader is appointed by the majority vote of the working committee of the party who meets at Sirikotha, when the position is vacant. The party had seven leaders since 1947. President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been the leader of the UNP since 1994.
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A member of the party, Piyasiri Wijenayake, accused the UNP of conspiring against the JVP at a media conference held at Nippon Hotel in Colombo on 8 April 2008. He alleged that Ravi Karunanayake, a UNP member who had attended a meeting with senior JVP leaders at his residence, was the main conspirator.