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Harini Amarasuriya

1970 - Today

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Harini Nireka Amarasuriya (born 6 March 1970) is a Sri Lankan sociologist, academic, activist, and politician serving as the 16th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 2024. Having spent a decade as an academic at the Open University of Sri Lanka, where she was engaged with the Federation of University Teachers' Association in trade union action; Amarasuriya was nominated by the National People's Power (NPP) party as its National List Member of Parliament in 2020. She was appointed as the 16th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in September 2024, concurrently appointed as the interim minister of justice, health, women, education, trade, and industries in the first Dissanayake cabinet. She is the third woman to hold the office of prime minister of Sri Lanka, after Sirimavo Bandaranaike and her daughter Chandrika Kumaratunga. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Harini Amarasuriya is the 18,659th most popular politician, the 42nd most popular biography from Sri Lanka and the 21st most popular Sri Lankan Politician.

Harini Amarasuriya is most famous for being the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 2024. She is noted for her leadership and contributions to Sri Lankan politics during her tenure.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harini Amarasuriya ranks 18,659 out of 19,576. Before her are Vera C. Bushfield, Shukria Barakzai, Uma Bharti, Ingrid Haringa, Michael Bennet, and Dixy Lee Ray. After her are Rafael Guijosa, Gabriela Pérez del Solar, Albert Rivera, Jorge Arreaza, Andrew Card, and Ilhan Omar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Harini Amarasuriya ranks 759. Before her are Audra McDonald, Hiroshi Saito, Nicole Sullivan, Antoni Lima, Irv Gotti, and Jenny Saville. After her are Shinsuke Shiotani, David Adams, Karoline Krüger, Vincent Rijmen, Rene Liu, and Chris Cunningham.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Harini Amarasuriya ranks 42 out of 51. Before her are John Kotelawala (1897), Kumar Sangakkara (1977), Heather Armitage (1933), Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932), Beverley Craven (1963), and Alexander Khloponin (1965). After her are Susanthika Jayasinghe (1975), David Wilkie (1954), Muttiah Muralitharan (1972), Shehan Karunatilaka (1975), Pooja Umashankar (1981), and Sanath Jayasuriya (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sri Lanka

Among politicians born in Sri Lanka, Harini Amarasuriya ranks 21. Before her are Anura Kumara Dissanayake (1968), Dinesh Gunawardena (1949), Dudley Senanayake (1911), John Kotelawala (1897), Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932), and Alexander Khloponin (1965).

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