# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/douglas-devananda
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:25:02.815Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/douglas-devananda"
name: "Douglas Devananda"
slug: "douglas-devananda"
description: "Kathiravelu Nythiananda Devananda commonly known as Douglas Devananda, is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Cabinet Minister and leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party. Originally a Sri Lanka Tamil militant who fought against the Sri Lankan government for an independent Tamil Eelam, he became a pro-government paramilitary leader and politician. Due to his strong opposition to and vocal criticism of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, they unsuccessfully tried to assassinate him over 10 times. Devananda is a proclaimed offender in India and is wanted on charges of murder, attempt to murder, rioting, unlawful assembly and kidnapping.\nHe was sworn in as Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on 22 November 2019, serving until late 2024."
tagline: "Sri Lankan politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Douglas_Devananda_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1957-11-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.44055944055944
  historical:           4.425596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/DouglasDevanan1"
    handle:    "DouglasDevanan1"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ddevananda"
    handle:    "ddevananda"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.douglasdevananda.org"
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    title: "Douglas Devananda"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ダグラス・デバナンダ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ඩග්ලස් දේවානන්දා"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "டக்ளஸ் தேவானந்தா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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