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John Seneviratne

Politician

John Seneviratne 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	John Seneviratne · W. D. J. Senewiratne				[sources]
Alias	John Seneviratne				[sources]
Birth date	1941-01-15				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Country	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Citizenship	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	senewiratne_w@parliament.lk				[sources]
First name	John				[sources]
Political association	Sri Lanka Freedom Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6257296				[sources]
Position	Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka · Parliament (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-02-15	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 the Parliament of Sri Lanka	-	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,278

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,351

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,033

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,573

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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