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Kanchana Wijesekera

Politican

Kanchana Wijesekera is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest, but have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Kanchana WIJESEKERA · Kanchana Wijesekera				[sources]
Birth date	1982-04-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Matara				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Country	Sri Lanka				[sources]
E-Mail	kanchana_w@parliament.lk				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q20987515				[sources]
Position	Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka · Minister of Energy · Minister of Energy (2022-) · Minister of Power · Minister of Power (2022-) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Royal College, Colombo				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Modified on	2022-08-29				[sources]
Last changed	2024-01-31	Last checked	2024-05-23	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 Power	2022-04-18	-
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka	2015-09-01	2020-03-03
Member of Parliament	2015-09-01	-
Minister of Energy	2022-04-18	-
Minister of Energy	-	-
Minister of Power	-	-

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CIA World Leaders11,110

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-sri-lanka-kanchana-wijesekera-minister-of-energy · us-cia-sri-lanka-kanchana-wijesekera-min-of-energy · NK-WgqXaKsQiiN56c2tCtsr4C · us-cia-sri-lanka-kanchana-wijesekera-min-of-power · us-cia-sri-lanka-kanchana-wijesekera-minister-of-power · evpo-cd2fc7f7-02c7-485d-8329-9b1b5b4e72ac

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