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Douglas Devananda

Politician

Douglas Devananda 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	Douglas Devananda · डगलस देवानंद · ダグラス・デバナンダ				[sources]
Alias	Kathiravelu Nythiananda Devananda · डगलस देवानंद · டக்ளஸ் தேவானந்தா · ඩග්ලස් දේවානන්දා · ダグラス・デバナンダ				[sources]
Birth date	1957-11-10				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Country	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Citizenship	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	devananda_d@parliament.lk				[sources]
First name	Douglas				[sources]
Last name	Devananda				[sources]
Website	www.douglasdevananda.org				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3536605				[sources]
Position	Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka · Minister of Agricultural Marketing Development · Minister of Fisheries · Parliament (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Education	Jaffna Central College				[sources]
Religion	Hinduism				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	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	2010-04-08	2015-08-17

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-sri-lanka-douglas-devananda-minister-of-fisheries · evpo-db2a3aec-78fe-499e-8608-71544881db53 · us-cia-sri-lanka-douglas-devananda-min-of-fisheries

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