Hon.
Tiran Alles
MP
ටිරාන් අලස්
திரான் ஆலஸ்
Minister of Public Security
Assumed office
20 May 2022
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Dinesh Gunawardena
Preceded byPrasanna Ranatunga
Member of Parliament
for National List
Assumed office
20 August 2020
In office
22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015
Personal details
Born (1960-06-03) 3 June 1960
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyUnited People's Party
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Democratic National Alliance
ParentR. I. T. Alles (Father)
Alma materRoyal College, Colombo
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBusinessman

Tiran Alles, MP is a Sri Lankan businessman and politician. He is a current member of Parliament of Sri Lanka and the Minister of Public Security.[1] Alles had entered politics as an ally of former General Sarath Fonseka and a member of parliament for Fonseka's Democratic National Alliance in 2010. Leaving parliament in 2015, he returned as a member of Mahinda Rajapaksa's Sri 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]

Early life

The eldest son of the late leading educationists R. I. T. Alles,[3] he was educated at the Royal College Colombo.

Business career

In 1988, he launched the company Communication & Business Equipment (CBE) with 10 employees. He also acted as the chairman of the Bandaranaike International Airport and launched a major expansion program of the airport. CBE also launched 2 newspapers: Mawbima and The 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]

Political career

Tiran Alles worked for Mangala Samaraweera when he became the campaign manager for President Mahinda Rajapaksa (2004–2005) of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He was later accused of fomenting a pact, the Rajapaksa-LTTE pact, that led to the boycott of the 2005 elections in the north and east of the country, thus allowing Rajapaksa' victory.[3]

In 2010, he supported the electoral campaign of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and took part in General Sarath Fonseka's presidential campaign against Rajapaksa. After the election loss, he became the chairman of Fonseka's new alliance, the Democratic National Alliance (DNA), for the 2010 parliamentary election, of which the JVP had been a part. Although the alliance won a very little result in the election, he subsequently became a member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for the DNA through a national list seat.[4][3]

In 2020, he was reappointed to the Parliament through the national list of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, which has been led by new Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. In May 2022, when Rajapaksa had been resigned, he was appointed as the minister of Public Security in the new government.

References

  1. ↑ "Parliament of Sri Lanka- TIRAN ALLES". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Tiran Alles case terminated". The Daily Mirror. 17 February 2009. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015 – via Highbeam.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ranee Mohamed (23 May 2010). "Tiran Alles And His Unwavering Loyalty". Sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  4. 1 2 "National list newcomers" (PDF). Sundaytimes.lk. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2018.


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