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Lakshman Kadirgamar

1932 - 2005

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Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar, PC (Tamil: லக்ஷமன் கதிர்காமர்; Sinhala: ලක්ෂ්මන් කදිර්ගාමර්, 12 April 1932 – 12 August 2005) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and statesman. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2001 and again from April 2004 until his assassination in August 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lakshman Kadirgamar has received more than 194,925 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Lakshman Kadirgamar is the 17,876th most popular politician, the 37th most popular biography from Sri Lanka and the 18th most popular Sri Lankan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lakshman Kadirgamar ranks 17,876 out of 19,576. Before him are Frank Murphy, Naser Khader, Elly Schlein, Nyamko Sabuni, Gabriela Guimarães, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. After him are Anastase Murekezi, Pervin Buldan, Buddy MacKay, John W. Geary, Hassan Abshir Farah, and Bujar Osmani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Lakshman Kadirgamar ranks 556. Before him are Vic Crowe, Charles Adkins, Johnny Kerr, Billy Evans, Kishori Amonkar, and Robert Osborne. After him are Richie Guerin, Jackie Henderson, Tim Parnell, Edmund Wickham Lawrence, Grace Alele-Williams, and Andy Bathgate. Among people deceased in 2005, Lakshman Kadirgamar ranks 362. Before him are Alan Dundes, Domino Harvey, August Wilson, Jesús Iglesias, Ted Ditchburn, and Kâzım Koyuncu. After him are Jackie Henderson, David Di Tommaso, Howard Morris, Faimalaga Luka, Frances Langford, and Little Milton.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Lakshman Kadirgamar ranks 37 out of 51. Before him are Thomas Cooray (1901), Duncan White (1918), Joyce Cooper (1909), John Kotelawala (1897), Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810), and Bob Tisdall (1907). After him are Muttiah Muralitharan (1972), Beverley Craven (1963), Alexander Khloponin (1965), Susanthika Jayasinghe (1975), Shehan Karunatilaka (1975), and Sanath Jayasuriya (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sri Lanka

Among politicians born in Sri Lanka, Lakshman Kadirgamar ranks 18. Before him are Dinesh Gunawardena (1949), Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933), Dudley Senanayake (1911), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), and John Kotelawala (1897). After him are Alexander Khloponin (1965).

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