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Mahinda Amaraweera

Politician

Mahinda Amaraweera 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	Mahinda Amaraweera · 마힌다 아마라위라				[sources]
Alias	மஹிந்த அமரவீர · මහින්ද අමරවීර				[sources]
Birth date	1962-02-12				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Country	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Citizenship	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	amaraweera_m@parliament.lk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6734019				[sources]
Position	Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka · Minister of Agriculture (2022-2023) · Minister of Agriculture (2023-) · Minister of Environment (2020-2022) · Minister of Wildlife & Forest Conservation (2022-2023) · 1 more...				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	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
Minister of Wildlife & Forest Conservation	2022-05-12	2023-01-19

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,011

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Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata353,686

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,185

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-sri-lanka-mahinda-amaraweera-min-of-agriculture · us-cia-sri-lanka-mahinda-amaraweera-min-of-wildlife-forest-conservation · us-cia-sri-lanka-mahinda-amaraweera-minister-of-wildlife-forest-conservation · evpo-de726f22-cdd8-418e-bd0a-bf5225b5b82a · us-cia-sri-lanka-mahinda-amaraweera-minister-of-agriculture

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