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Roshan Ranasinghe

Politician

Roshan Ranasinghe 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	Roshan Ranasinghe				[sources]
Other name	Anuruddha Ranasinghe Arachchige Roshan				[sources]
Birth date	1975-10-24 · 1975-10-25				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Country	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Citizenship	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	Ranasinghe_r@parliament.lk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q19605011				[sources]
Position	Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka · Minister of Irrigation (2022-2023) · Minister of Youth and Sports (2022-2023) · Parliament (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-08-28	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 Youth and Sports	2022-05-12	2023-11-27
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka	-	-
Minister of Irrigation	2022-05-12	2023-11-27
Member of Parliament	2015-09-01	-
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka	2015-09-01	2020-03-03

Data sources

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,157

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories380,924

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Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata354,080

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-sri-lanka-roshan-ranasinghe-min-of-sports-youth-affairs · us-cia-sri-lanka-roshan-ranasinghe-minister-of-irrigation · us-cia-sri-lanka-roshan-ranasinghe-min-of-irrigation · us-cia-sri-lanka-roshan-ranasinghe-minister-of-sports-youth-affairs · NK-EdVLzGQ5TnDzeUtZLmWQNo · evpo-0616d4cf-fe55-4aa2-ad2b-1e4117bd9d13

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