List of Famous people with last name Samaraweera

Mangala Samaraweera

First Name Mangala
Last Name Samaraweera
Born on April 21, 1956
Died on August 24, 2021 (aged 65)

Mangala Pinsiri Samaraweera was a Sri Lankan politician. He was also the first openly gay politician from Sri Lanka. He was the Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2019, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, for two terms from 2005 to 2007 and 2015 to 2017. He created a stir in Sri Lankan politics when he was sacked as a minister by President Mahinda Rajapakse in 2007, after which he formed a new political party called the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (Mahajana) Wing, which later merged with the United National Party in 2010.

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