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Prasanna Ranatunga

Politician

Prasanna Ranatunga 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	Prasanna Ranatunga · پرسنا راناتونگا				[sources]
Other name	ප්රසන්න රණතුංග				[sources]
Birth date	1967-01-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Country	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Citizenship	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	ranatunga_p@parliament.lk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7238464				[sources]
Position	Chief Government Whip (2022-) · Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka · Minister of Public Security (2022-2022) · Minister of Tourism (2020-2022) · Minister of Urban Development & Housing (2022-) · 2 more...				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	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	-	-
Minister of Tourism	2020-08-12	2022-05-09

Data sources

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Source data IDs: us-cia-sri-lanka-prasanna-ranatunga-min-of-urban-development-housing · evpo-0a0a1506-df3c-4284-9fcf-c1c13b68a142 · us-cia-sri-lanka-prasanna-ranatunga-minister-of-urban-development-housing

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