# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wimal-weerawansa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:29:06.180Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wimal-weerawansa"
name: "Wimal Weerawansa"
slug: "wimal-weerawansa"
description: "Weerasangilige Wimal Weerawansa is a Sri Lankan politician, former member of parliament and current leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF). Weerawansa has served many cabinet positions, including Minister of Industries from 2020 to 2022, Minister of Small and Medium Business and Enterprise Development, Industries and Supply Chain Management from 2019 to 2020, Minister of Housing and Social Welfare in 2018 and the Minister of Construction and Housing from 2010 to 2015."
tagline: "Sri Lankan politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wimal_Weerawansa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1970-03-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.53
  momentum:             1.971465629053178
  historical:           5.299894666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wimal Weerawansa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "ويمال ويراوانسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويمال ويراوانسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%85%D9%84_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "ومل ویروانسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa"
    title: "Wimal Weerawansa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%82%E0%B7%81"
    title: "විමල් වීරවංශ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469019"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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