# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gamini-dissanayake
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:52:26.452Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gamini-dissanayake"
name: "Gamini Dissanayake"
slug: "gamini-dissanayake"
description: "Dissanayake Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Lionel Gamini Dissanayake, PC was a prominent Sri Lankan politician, a powerful minister of the United National Party, and Leader of the Opposition. He was designated as the UNP candidate in the 1994 presidential election, but was assassinated during election campaign by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)."
tagline: "Sri Lankan politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gamini_Dissanayake.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-03-20"
deathDate: "1994-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.68
  momentum:             0.779220779220779
  historical:           5.299678666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamini_Dissanayake"
    title: "Gamini Dissanayake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "جامينى ديساناياك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamini_Dissanayake"
    title: "Gamini Dissanayake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "காமினி திசாநாயக்கா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AC%E3%83%9F%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A4%E3%82%AB"
    title: "ガミニ・ディサーナーヤカ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%92_%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%9A"
    title: "ගාමිණි දිසානායක"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5520204"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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