# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/a-amirthalingam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:22:49.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/a-amirthalingam"
name: "A. Amirthalingam"
slug: "a-amirthalingam"
description: "Appapillai Amirthalingam was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Member of Parliament and Leader of the Opposition. Amirthalingam was assassinated by the Tamil Tigers."
tagline: "Sri Lankan politician (1927-1989)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Appapillai_Amirthalingam.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1927-08-26"
deathDate: "1989-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.88
  momentum:             6.344696969696971
  historical:           5.097734666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appapillai_Amirthalingam"
    title: "Appapillai Amirthalingam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%89._%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "اى. اميرثالينجام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Amirthalingam"
    title: "A. Amirthalingam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85._%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "அ. அமிர்தலிங்கம்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appapillai_Amirthalingam"
    title: "Appapillai Amirthalingam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appapillai_Amirthalingam"
    title: "Appapillai Amirthalingam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3535030"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump