# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-gopallawa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:32:52.891Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/william-gopallawa"
name: "William Gopallawa"
slug: "william-gopallawa"
description: "William Gopallawa was a Sri Lankan politician and statesman who served as the last Governor-General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972 and the first and only non-executive President of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1978, when Ceylon declared itself a republic and changed its name to Sri Lanka."
tagline: "Sri Lankan President (1897-1981)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1897-09-17"
deathDate: "1981-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump