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Harin Fernando

Politician

Harin Fernando is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Harin Fernando				[sources]
Alias	ஹரின் பெர்னாண்டோ				[sources]
Birth date	1978-10-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Wattala				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Country	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Citizenship	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	fernando_h@parliament.lk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16217323				[sources]
Position	Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka · Minister of Lands (2022-) · Minister of Sports (2018-2019) · Minister of Tourism (2022-) · Parliament (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Education	Saint Joseph's College, Colombo				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-11	Last processed	2025-12-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Sri Lankan politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Tourism	2022-05-20	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,793

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Every Politician57,742

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories371,585

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,934

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-sri-lanka-harin-fernando-minister-of-lands · evpo-b3634f78-100c-40dd-9f6f-407089c77daf · us-cia-sri-lanka-harin-fernando-minister-of-tourism

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