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Ramesh Pathirana

Politician

Ramesh Pathirana 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	Ramesh Pathirana · 拉梅什·帕蒂拉纳				[sources]
Birth date	1969-12-05				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Country	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Citizenship	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	pathirana_r@parliament.lk				[sources]
First name	Ramesh				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7289433				[sources]
Position	Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka · Minister of Education (2022-2022) · Minister of Industries (2022-) · Minister of Plantation (2019-2022) · Minister of Plantation (2022-2023) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Richmond College				[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
Minister of Education	2022-04-18	2022-05-12

Data sources

Every Politician58,336

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,107

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,745

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Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-sri-lanka-ramesh-pathirana-minister-of-plantations-industries · evpo-f5a7cc7e-3c01-4aef-8983-398b0f3f5e47 · us-cia-sri-lanka-ramesh-pathirana-minister-of-industries

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