Maithripala Sirisena
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Maithripala Sirisena is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the country’s President from 2015 to 2019 and has been a prominent leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
All labels observed (1)
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| Maithripala Sirisena canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8350434 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maithripala Sirisena Context triple: [Sri Lanka Freedom Party, hasNotableLeader, Maithripala Sirisena]
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Mahinda Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician and former president best known for leading the country during the final phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War and overseeing the military defeat of the Tamil Tigers.
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B.
D. A. Rajapaksa
D. A. Rajapaksa was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and patriarch of the Rajapaksa political family, instrumental in shaping mid-20th-century nationalist and rural-focused politics in the country.
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C.
Ranasinghe Premadasa
Ranasinghe Premadasa was the President of Sri Lanka from 1989 to 1993, known for his populist policies, extensive housing programs, and leadership during a turbulent period of civil conflict and political violence.
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D.
J. R. Jayewardene
J. R. Jayewardene was the second executive President of Sri Lanka, known for introducing a powerful presidential system and leading the country through significant economic liberalization and rising ethnic tensions in the late 20th century.
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E.
Anura Bandaranaike
Anura Bandaranaike was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and member of the influential Bandaranaike family, who held several key ministerial and parliamentary positions during his career.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maithripala Sirisena Target entity description: Maithripala Sirisena is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the country’s President from 2015 to 2019 and has been a prominent leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
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A.
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician and former president best known for leading the country during the final phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War and overseeing the military defeat of the Tamil Tigers.
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B.
D. A. Rajapaksa
D. A. Rajapaksa was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and patriarch of the Rajapaksa political family, instrumental in shaping mid-20th-century nationalist and rural-focused politics in the country.
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C.
Ranasinghe Premadasa
Ranasinghe Premadasa was the President of Sri Lanka from 1989 to 1993, known for his populist policies, extensive housing programs, and leadership during a turbulent period of civil conflict and political violence.
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D.
J. R. Jayewardene
J. R. Jayewardene was the second executive President of Sri Lanka, known for introducing a powerful presidential system and leading the country through significant economic liberalization and rising ethnic tensions in the late 20th century.
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E.
Anura Bandaranaike
Anura Bandaranaike was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and member of the influential Bandaranaike family, who held several key ministerial and parliamentary positions during his career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sri Lankan politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| appointed | Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister in October 2018 ⓘ |
| child | Daham Sirisena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryLed | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-09-03 ⓘ |
| education | Royal College, Polonnaruwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electionWon | 2015 Sri Lankan presidential election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 2019-11-18 ⓘ |
| familyName | Sirisena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Pallewatte Gamaralalage Maithripala Yapa Sirisena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Maithripala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentDuringTermAsPresident |
Mahinda Rajapaksa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ranil Wickremesinghe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | His Excellency ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Sri Lankan constitutional crisis of 2018 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defecting from Mahinda Rajapaksa government in 2014
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forming a common opposition candidacy in 2015 ⓘ |
| memberOf | Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)
NERFINISHED
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party NERFINISHED ⓘ United People’s Freedom Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Sinhala ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
farmer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeContested | President of Sri Lanka in 2015 presidential election ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Yagoda, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | centre-left politics ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
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General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ Leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Services of Sri Lanka ⓘ Minister of Health of Sri Lanka ⓘ Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment of Sri Lanka ⓘ President of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mahinda Rajapaksa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| promotedPolicy |
anti-corruption reforms
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good governance agenda in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| representedElectoralDistrict | Polonnaruwa District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residenceDuringPresidency | President’s House, Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reversedDecision | Dissolution of Parliament during 2018 constitutional crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signature | Signature of Maithripala Sirisena ⓘ |
| spouse | Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 2015-01-09 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Gotabaya Rajapaksa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termNumberAsPresident | 6 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maithripala Sirisena Description of subject: Maithripala Sirisena is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the country’s President from 2015 to 2019 and has been a prominent leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
Referenced by (2)
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