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N. M. Perera
N. M. Perera was one of the leaders of the Sri Lankan Trotskyist party LSSP (Lankan Socialist Party). He was imprisoned in 1942 during World War II, but succeeded to escape.
After the war, when the LSSP split, Perera was the leader of the faction that retained the party name.
Perera was elected Mayor of Colombo, the only non-United National Party-politician to take that office.
When LSSP was divided over possible government participation in early 1960's, Perera was the principal leader of the wing that wanted to entered into government with the Sri Lankan Freedom Party , which led to LSSP's expulsion from the Fourth International in 1964.
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