Minister of Information of Sri Lanka

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cabinet position

The Minister of Information of Sri Lanka is a senior government cabinet post responsible for overseeing national information policy, media regulation, and public communication on behalf of the Sri Lankan state.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Minister of Information of Sri Lanka canonical	1
Minister of Mass Media of Sri Lanka	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9987207 — 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: Minister of Information of Sri Lanka
Context triple: [Chandrika Kumaratunga, positionHeld, Minister of Information of Sri Lanka]

A. Minister of Information of Burma
The Minister of Information of Burma was a cabinet-level government post responsible for overseeing state media, public communications, and information policy in Burma (now Myanmar).
B. Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka
The Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka is the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the country’s economic policy, public finances, and national budget.
C. Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
The Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka is the presiding officer and highest authority of the country’s legislature, responsible for overseeing parliamentary proceedings and maintaining order and procedure in the House.
D. Minister of Education of Ceylon
The Minister of Education of Ceylon was the cabinet official responsible for overseeing and directing the education system and related policies in pre-independence and early post-independence Sri Lanka.
E. Prime Minister of Ceylon
The Prime Minister of Ceylon was the head of government of the former British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), leading the executive branch before the country became a republic.
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: Minister of Information of Sri Lanka
Target entity description: The Minister of Information of Sri Lanka is a senior government cabinet post responsible for overseeing national information policy, media regulation, and public communication on behalf of the Sri Lankan state.

A. Minister of Information of Burma
The Minister of Information of Burma was a cabinet-level government post responsible for overseeing state media, public communications, and information policy in Burma (now Myanmar).
B. Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka
The Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka is the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the country’s economic policy, public finances, and national budget.
C. Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
The Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka is the presiding officer and highest authority of the country’s legislature, responsible for overseeing parliamentary proceedings and maintaining order and procedure in the House.
D. Minister of Education of Ceylon
The Minister of Education of Ceylon was the cabinet official responsible for overseeing and directing the education system and related policies in pre-independence and early post-independence Sri Lanka.
E. Prime Minister of Ceylon
The Prime Minister of Ceylon was the head of government of the former British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), leading the executive branch before the country became a republic.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet position ⓘ
appointedBy	President of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaboratesWith	other cabinet ministers of Sri Lanka ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	regulation of public information from the state ⓘ state information policy ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	Cabinet of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
officeType	ministerial portfolio ⓘ
oversees	government information dissemination ⓘ official press releases ⓘ public information campaigns ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
policyArea	freedom of information ⓘ media freedom ⓘ public communication strategy ⓘ
reportsTo	Cabinet of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ President of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
represents	Sri Lankan state ⓘ
responsibleFor	media regulation ⓘ national information policy ⓘ public communication ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
seat	Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ
sector	information and communication ⓘ mass media ⓘ
worksWith	state media institutions of Sri Lanka ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chandrika Kumaratunga (as Prime Minister in 1994) → positionHeld → Minister of Information of Sri Lanka ⓘ

subject surface form: Chandrika Kumaratunga