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Vidura Wickremenayake

Politician

Vidura Wickremenayake 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	Vidura Wickramanayaka · Vidura Wickremanayake · Vidura Wickremenayake				[sources]
Alias	Vidura Wickramanayaka · Vidura Wickremanayake · Vidura Wickremenayake				[sources]
Birth date	1959-07-11				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Country	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Citizenship	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	wickramanayaka_v@parliament.lk				[sources]
First name	Vidura				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7928153				[sources]
Position	Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka · Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious & Cultural Affairs · Minister of Labour · Parliament (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	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 Labour	2022-04-18	2022-05-09

Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,782

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,547

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-f8660b8a-e6b7-41e9-9e3e-491bc0e5561a · us-cia-sri-lanka-vidura-wickramanayake-min-of-buddhasasana-religious-cultural-affairs

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