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A. S. P. Liyanage
Sri Lankan businessman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Panagoda Don Prince Solomon Anura Liyanage (a.k.a. A.S.P. Liyanage) is a Sri Lankan businessman, television and film producer and politician. On 10 March 2017, he was appointed as the Sri Lankan ambassador for Qatar.[1]
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Liyanage received his education at Nalanda College Colombo[2] and began teaching, publishing a number of textbooks.[3] In 1989, he established the ASP Group, a private real estate company, and served as its chairman and managing director.[4][5] Liyanage was a Millennium Development Ambassador to the People's Summit during the 34th G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan in 2008,[6] and to the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva in 2007.[7][8][9] Liyanage ran advertisements congratulating US President Barack Obama before his victory in the 2008 United States presidential election.[10]
Liyanage conducted[clarification needed] the popular Sri Lankan celebrity TV program A.S.P Paduru Partiya for 7 years. He also produced television and film adaptations of Suseema.[11]
Liyanage ran as a candidate for President of Sri Lanka in 2010, 2015 and 2019, and 2024.[12][13] In the 2010 election, he achieved a distant third place in preferential voting in the commercial capital of Colombo.[3] However, like a number of minor candidates, Liyanage was entered as a "dummy candidate" to maximize benefits for a frontrunner, namely incumbent president Mahinda Rajapaksa, under the election laws.[14] Between the elections, Liyanage was appointed Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Nigeria.[3][15][16]
Liyanage has two daughters.[2]
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