N. M. Perera

E834279

Marxist economist human politician

N. M. Perera was a prominent Sri Lankan Marxist politician, economist, and leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party who played a key role in the country’s leftist and trade union movements.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
N. M. Perera canonical	2
A. E. Goonesinha	1
Nanayakkarapathirage Martin Perera	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9987120 — 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: N. M. Perera
Context triple: [Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka, officeHoldersInclude, N. M. Perera]

A. D. M. Jayaratne
D. M. Jayaratne was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister and held several key government positions during his long career.
B. D. S. Gunasekera
D. S. Gunasekera was a Sri Lankan political figure credited with founding the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, one of the country’s major political parties.
C. A. T. Ariyaratne
A. T. Ariyaratne is a Sri Lankan Buddhist leader and social reformer best known as the founder of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, which applies Buddhist principles to grassroots community development and peacebuilding.
D. K. B. Ratnayake
K. B. Ratnayake was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Speaker of the Parliament and held several key ministerial and party leadership positions in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
E. C. P. de Silva
C. P. de Silva was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and influential mid-20th-century statesman who played a key role in shaping the country’s post-independence political landscape.
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: N. M. Perera
Target entity description: N. M. Perera was a prominent Sri Lankan Marxist politician, economist, and leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party who played a key role in the country’s leftist and trade union movements.

A. D. M. Jayaratne
D. M. Jayaratne was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister and held several key government positions during his long career.
B. D. S. Gunasekera
D. S. Gunasekera was a Sri Lankan political figure credited with founding the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, one of the country’s major political parties.
C. A. T. Ariyaratne
A. T. Ariyaratne is a Sri Lankan Buddhist leader and social reformer best known as the founder of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, which applies Buddhist principles to grassroots community development and peacebuilding.
D. K. B. Ratnayake
K. B. Ratnayake was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Speaker of the Parliament and held several key ministerial and party leadership positions in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
E. C. P. de Silva
C. P. de Silva was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and influential mid-20th-century statesman who played a key role in shaping the country’s post-independence political landscape.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Marxist ⓘ economist ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in economics ⓘ
coFounded	Lanka Sama Samaja Party ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Ceylon ⓘ linked to: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1905-06-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1979-08-14 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Harold Laski ⓘ
educatedAt	Ananda College ⓘ London School of Economics ⓘ University of London ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Sinhalese ⓘ
fullName	Nanayakkarapathirage Martin Perera ⓘ linked to: N. M. Perera
heldMayoralOfficeEnd	1956 ⓘ
heldMayoralOfficeStart	1954 ⓘ
ideology	Marxism ⓘ Trotskyism ⓘ
knownFor	leadership of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party ⓘ opposition to colonial rule in Ceylon ⓘ role in Sri Lankan leftist politics ⓘ role in trade union movement in Sri Lanka ⓘ
movement	Sri Lankan leftist movement ⓘ trade union movement in Sri Lanka ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy of socialist economic policies in Sri Lanka ⓘ leading figure of Trotskyist movement in South Asia ⓘ
notableWork	Doctoral thesis on public finance in Ceylon ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented	Ruwanwella ⓘ Yatiyantota ⓘ
parliamentaryTermEnd	1977 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermStart	1947 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Ruwanwella, Ceylon ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Colombo, Sri Lanka ⓘ linked to: Colombo
politicalParty	Lanka Sama Samaja Party ⓘ
positionHeld	Leader of the Opposition of Ceylon ⓘ Mayor of Colombo ⓘ Member of Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ Member of the State Council of Ceylon ⓘ Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
servedAsFinanceMinisterEnd	1965 ⓘ 1975 ⓘ
servedAsFinanceMinisterStart	1964 ⓘ 1970 ⓘ
spouse	Selina Perera ⓘ
wasImprisonedFor	anti-colonial political activities ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka → officeHoldersInclude → N. M. Perera ⓘ

Sri Lankan independence movement → keyFigure → A. E. Goonesinha ⓘ

linked to: N. M. Perera

Sri Lankan independence movement → keyFigure → N. M. Perera ⓘ

N. M. Perera → fullName → Nanayakkarapathirage Martin Perera ⓘ