Mangala Samaraweera: Sri Lankan politician (1956-2021)
Mangala Pinsiri Samaraweera (21 April 1956 – 24 August 2021) (Sinhala: මංගල පින්සිරි සමරවීර, Tamil: மங்கள சமரவீர; pronounced ) was a Sri Lankan politician.
He was also the first openly gay politician from Sri Lanka.
Mangala Samaraweera | |
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මංගල සමරවීර மங்கள சமரவீர | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 22 May 2017 – 17 November 2019 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Ravi Karunanayake |
| Succeeded by | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Minister of Media | |
| In office 22 May 2017 – 17 November 2019 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Gayantha Karunathilaka |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 12 January 2015 – 22 May 2017 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Gamini L Peiris |
| Succeeded by | Ravi Karunanayake |
| In office 23 November 2005 – 28 January 2007 | |
| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
| Preceded by | Anura Bandaranaike |
| Succeeded by | Rohitha Bogollagama |
| Member of Parliament for Matara District | |
| In office 1989–2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 April 1956 Matara, Sri Lanka |
| Died | 24 August 2021 (aged 65) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1983–2007) Sri Lanka Freedom Party (Mahajana) (2007–2010) United National Party (2010–2020) Samagi Jana Balawegaya (2020–2021) |
| Parents | Mahanama Samaraweera (father) Khema Padmawathi Samaraweera (mother) |
| Occupation | Politician |
He was the Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2019, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, for two terms from 2005 to 2007 and 2015 to 2017. He was born in Matara, Sri Lanka.
Samaraweera died at a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 24 August 2021 from COVID-19, aged 65.
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