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{{Short description|Sri Lankan politician (born 1957)}}
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{{Infobox MP
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable|Hon.]]
| name             = Dilip Wedaarachchi
| native_name      = දිලිප් වෙදආරච්චි <br /> திலீப் வெடாராச்சி 
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
| image            = Dilip wedaaarachchi .jpg
| constituency_MP  = [[Hambantota Electoral District|Hambantota District]]
| parliament       = Sri Lanka
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| term_start       = 2000
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| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1957|02|05|df=y}}
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| party            = [[Samagi Jana Balawegaya]] <small>(after 2020)</small>
| otherparty       = [[United National Party]] <small>(before 2020)</small>
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| residence        = B41 Summit Flats, Keppetipola Mawatha, [[Colombo]] 05
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'''Dilip Wedaarachchi''' (born 5 February 1957) is a [[Sri Lanka]]n politician and member of the [[Parliament of Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/directory_of_members/ViewMember.do?memID=181 |title=DILIP WEDAARACHCHI |work=Directory of Members |publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006134928/http://www.parliament.lk/directory_of_members/ViewMember.do?memID=181 |archive-date=2010-10-06 }}</ref>

In 2020, he famously ate a raw [[fish]] at a press conference to debunk rumours claiming [[COVID-19]] could be transmitted by consumption of [[seafood]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dilip Wedaarachchi eats raw fish to shun public fear |url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news/69206/dilip-wedaarachchi-eats-raw-fish-to-shun-public-fear |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=www.adaderana.lk |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Members of 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka}}
{{Members of 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka}}
{{Members of 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka}}
{{Members of 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka}}
{{Members of 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka}}
{{Members of 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka}}
{{Members of the 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka}}
{{Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Hambantota}}

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[[Category:Members of the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Members of the 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Samagi Jana Balawegaya politicians]]
[[Category:United National Party politicians]]
[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:State ministers of Sri Lanka]]


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