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Kanchana Wijesekera

Politician

Kanchana Wijesekera 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	Kanchana Wijesekera				[sources]
Birth date	1982-04-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Matara				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Country	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Citizenship	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	kanchana_w@parliament.lk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q20987515				[sources]
Position	Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka · Minister of Energy (2022-) · Minister of Power (2022-) · Parliament (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Education	Royal College, Colombo				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-17	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
Member of Parliament	2015-09-01	-
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka	2015-09-01	2020-03-03

Data sources

Every Politician57,897

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,388

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,045

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,800

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-sri-lanka-kanchana-wijesekera-minister-of-energy · us-cia-sri-lanka-kanchana-wijesekera-min-of-power · us-cia-sri-lanka-kanchana-wijesekera-min-of-energy · evpo-cd2fc7f7-02c7-485d-8329-9b1b5b4e72ac · NK-WgqXaKsQiiN56c2tCtsr4C · us-cia-sri-lanka-kanchana-wijesekera-minister-of-power

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