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Mangala Samaraweera

Diplomat · Politician

Mangala Samaraweera 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	Mangala Samaraweera · Mangala pinsiri Samaraweera · マンガラ・サマラウィーラ · 曼加拉·薩馬拉維拉 · 망갈라 사마라위라				[sources]
Alias	Hon. Mangala Samaraweera · மங்கள சமரவீர · මංගල සමරවීර				[sources]
Weak alias	萨马拉维拉				[sources]
Birth date	1956-04-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Matara				[sources]
Death date	2021-08-24				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Country	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Citizenship	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	samaraweera_m@parliament.lk				[sources]
Last name	Samaraweera				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3285700				[sources]
Position	Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka · Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka · Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka · Parliament (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Education	Royal College, Colombo · Saint Martin's School of Art				[sources]
Religion	Theravāda				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Sri Lankan politician (1956-2021)

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka	2017-05-22	2019-11-17
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka	2015-08-17

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,128

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata357,112

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions515,989

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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