Hon. Tiran Alles | |
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| ටිරාන් අලස් திரான் ஆலஸ் | |
| Minister of Public Security | |
| In office 20 May 2022 – 23 September 2024 | |
| President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe Dinesh Gunawardena |
| Preceded by | Prasanna Ranatunga |
| Succeeded by | Vijitha Herath |
| Member of Parliament forNational List | |
| In office 20 August 2020 – 24 September 2024 | |
| In office 22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-06-03)3 June 1960 (age 65) |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United People's Party |
| Other political affiliations | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance Democratic National Alliance |
| Parent | R. I. T. Alles (Father) |
| Alma mater | Royal College, Colombo |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Businessman |
Tiran Alles is a Sri Lankan businessman and politician. He is a former member ofParliament of Sri Lanka and formerMinister of Public Security.[1] Alles entered politics as an ally of former GeneralSarath Fonseka and a member of parliament for Fonseka'sDemocratic National Alliance in 2010. Leaving parliament in 2015, he returned as a member of former presidentMahinda Rajapaksa'sSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and the leader of the United People's Party in 2020 and became a minister in 2022.
He was the former chairman of Airport and Aviation Services.[2]
The eldest son of the late leading educationistsR. I. T. Alles,[3] he was educated at theRoyal College Colombo.
In 1988, he launched the company Communication & Business Equipment (CBE) with 10 employees. He also acted as the chairman of theBandaranaike International Airport and launched a major expansion program of the airport. CBE also launched 2 newspapers:Mawbima andThe Sunday Standard.[3]
In 2002, he started a mobile telephony business in Sri Lanka after securing exclusive distribution rights, which led to a political controversy a few years later.[4]
Tiran Alles worked forMangala Samaraweera when he became the campaign manager for presidentMahinda Rajapaksa of theSri Lanka Freedom Party in the2005 presidential elections. He was later accused of fomenting a pact with theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, where the LTTE would enforce a boycott of the elections in the north and east of the country, thus diminishing votes for UNP candidateRanil Wickremesinghe and allowing for Rajapaksa's victory.[3]
In 2010, he supported the electoral campaign of theJanatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and took part in GeneralSarath Fonseka'spresidential campaign against Rajapaksa. After Fonseka's loss, he became the chairman of Fonseka's new alliance, theDemocratic National Alliance (DNA), for the2010 parliamentary election, of which the JVP had been a part. Although the alliance won very few seats in the election, he subsequently became a member of parliament for the DNA through a national list seat.[4][3]
In 2020, he was reappointed to the parliament through the national list ofSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, led by new prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. In May 2022, when Rajapaksa resigned, he was appointed the minister of Public Security in the new government.
Starting in December 2023, Alles had been heavily involved inOperation Yukthiya, an anti-drug effort conducted bySri Lankan Police where over 38,525 suspects were arrested as of 17 January 2024.[5] He has dismissed criticism from groups such as theUnited Nations Human Rights Council and reaffirmed his commitment to the operation.[6]
In January 2024, Alles presented theOnline Safety Act despite criticism from local and international activists, governments and technology companies.Opposition parties in parliament claimed that the act was presented without Supreme Court recommendation. Many activists claimed the act was presented by Alles to help the government's steadily dwindling popularity. In February, Alles made 47 amendments to the act only after 13 days after its passing.[7]
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