Tiran Alles

Tiran Alles is a Sri Lankan businessman and politician. He is a former member of Parliament of Sri Lanka and former Minister of Public Security. Alles 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 former president 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.

Early life The eldest son of the late leading educationists R. I. T. Alles, 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.

Political career Tiran Alles worked for Mangala Samaraweera when he became the campaign manager for president Mahinda Rajapaksa of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the 2005 presidential elections. He was later accused of fomenting a pact with the Liberation 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 candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe and allowing for Rajapaksa's victory. He has dismissed criticism from groups such as the United Nations Human Rights Council and reaffirmed his commitment to the operation.

In January 2024, Alles presented the Online 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.