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Dinesh Gunawardena

Politician

Dinesh Gunawardena 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	Dinesh Gunawardena · Ντινές Γκουναγουαρντένα · Динеш Гунавардена · Дінеш Гунавардена · דינש גונאוורדנה · 5 more...				[sources]
Alias	Dinesh Chandra Rupasinghe Gunawardena · தினேஷ் குணவர்தன				[sources]
Weak alias	古纳瓦德纳				[sources]
Birth date	1949-03-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Colombo				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Country	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Citizenship	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	gunawardena_dcr@parliament.lk				[sources]
First name	Dinesh				[sources]
Last name	Gunawardena				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5278077				[sources]
Position	Chief Government Whip · Leader of the House · Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka · Minister of Education · Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Nyenrode Business University · Royal College, Colombo · University of Oregon				[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
Leader of the House	2020-01-03	2022-07-27

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Source data IDs: unprot-f5dac2ee551258404144d79784227c29dbbca3f3 · us-cia-sri-lanka-dinesh-gunawardena-prime-min · evpo-b542cd16-78d1-4d22-a2e8-b69a72cc100a · us-cia-sri-lanka-dinesh-gunawardena-prime-minister · us-cia-sri-lanka-dinesh-gunawardena-minister-of-public-administration-home-affairs-provincial-councils-local-government · us-cia-sri-lanka-dinesh-gunawardena-min-of-public-administration-home-affairs-provincial-councils-local-govt

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