Mangala Samaraweera

Mangala Samaraweera   (politician, COVID-19/Premature death)
Born	21 April 1956 Sri Lanka
Died	24 August 2021 (Age 65) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lanka
Party	United National Party
The finance minister of Sri Lanka until just before COVID. He later died of the disease despite being vaccinated.  Sri Lanka/Finance Minister In office 22 May 2017 - 17 November 2019  Sri Lanka/Media Minister In office 22 May 2017 - 17 November 2019  Sri Lanka/Foreign Minister In office 12 January 2015 - 22 May 2017  Sri Lanka/Foreign Minister In office 23 November 2005 - 28 January 2007

Mangala Samaraweera was the first openly gay Sri Lankan politician. He held many high ministerial roles including; finance, media and foreign affairs.

He died of COVID in August 2021 despite having had the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

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