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R. Sampanthan

Politician

R. Sampanthan 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	R. Sampanthan · R. サンパンタン · Rajavarothiam Sampanthan				[sources]
Alias	R. Sampanthan · R. サンパンタン · Rajavarothayam Sampanthan · இரா. சம்பந்தன்				[sources]
Weak alias	R・サンパンタン				[sources]
Birth date	1933-02-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Trincomalee				[sources]
Death date	2024-06-30				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Country	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Citizenship	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	sampanthan_r@parliament.lk				[sources]
First name	R.				[sources]
Political association	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi · Tamil National Alliance · Tamil United Liberation Front				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7273981				[sources]
Position	Leader of the Opposition (2015-2018) · Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (1977-1989) · Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2001-2004) · Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2004-2010) · Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2010-2015) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	St Joseph's College, Trincomalee · St. Patrick's College, Jaffna				[sources]
Religion	Hinduism				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Sri Lankan Tamil politician (1933–2024)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-14

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of Parliament	2015-09-01	-
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka	2015-08-17

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,731

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 Politically Exposed Persons275,232

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata355,584

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,461

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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