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Dinesh Gunawardena

1949 - Today

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Dinesh Chandra Rupasinghe Gunawardena (Sinhala: දිනේෂ් චන්ද්‍ර රූපසිංහ ගුණවර්ධන, Tamil: தினேஷ் சந்திர ரூபசிங்க குணவர்தன; born 2 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2024. He also held the positions of Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dinesh Gunawardena has received more than 367,714 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Dinesh Gunawardena is the 14,647th most popular politician, the 24th most popular biography from Sri Lanka and the 12th most popular Sri Lankan Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dinesh Gunawardena ranks 14,647 out of 19,576. Before him are Kaj Leo Johannesen, John Smith, Manuel Márquez Sterling, Eduardo López de Romaña, Puzur-Ashur I, and Wasim Sajjad. After him are Ignatius L. Donnelly, Æscwine of Essex, Nikolai Baibakov, Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols, Baba-aha-iddina, and Shepenupet II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Dinesh Gunawardena ranks 450. Before him are Irena Degutienė, Carlos Veiga, Hartmut Briesenick, Tommy Seebach, Homi K. Bhabha, and Antonello Cuccureddu. After him are Gheorghe Berceanu, Mary Roos, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Peter Friedman, William Lane Craig, and Zbigniew Rybczyński.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Dinesh Gunawardena ranks 24 out of 51. Before him are M. G. Ramachandran (1917), Maithripala Sirisena (1951), John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841), William Gopallawa (1896), D. S. Senanayake (1883), and Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924). After him are Malcolm Ranjith (1947), Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933), Dudley Senanayake (1911), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), and Frederick G. Donnan (1870).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sri Lanka

Among politicians born in Sri Lanka, Dinesh Gunawardena ranks 12. Before him are J. R. Jayewardene (1906), Gotabaya Rajapaksa (1949), Maithripala Sirisena (1951), William Gopallawa (1896), D. S. Senanayake (1883), and Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924). After him are Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933), Dudley Senanayake (1911), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), John Kotelawala (1897), and Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932).

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