Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna
National Liberation Front ජාතික විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ | |
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| Abbreviation | JVP/NLF |
| Founder | K. M. P. Rajaratne |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Merged into | United National Party |
| Headquarters | Polonnaruwa |
| Ideology | Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism Anti-communism |
| Political position | Far-right |
Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP; National Liberation Front) was a far-right political party in Sri Lanka formed in 1957 by K. M. P. Rajaratne and his wife Kusuma Rajaratne. The JVP received support from local businesses, and anti-Tamil riots were extreme in villages in which it was active.