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Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa [10] was born in Palatuwa in the Matara District, [11] as the fifth of nine siblings, and was brought up in Weeraketiya in the southern rural district of Hambantota. He hails from a well-known political family in Sri Lanka.
The Rajapaksa family (Sinhala: රාජපක්ෂ, romanized: Rājapakṣa) is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in politics.It was one of Sri Lanka's most powerful families during Mahinda Rajapaksa's presidency, [1] when many members of the family occupied senior positions in the Sri Lankan state.
[4] [9] Rajapaksa was a key figure of his father's unsuccessful 2015 presidential campaign. He was accused by many for his father's downfall and the misuse of public funds. [42] He was re-elected to Parliament in 2015 and 2020. In 2020, he was appointed as the Minister of Youth and Sports by his uncle, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Rajapaksa asserted that his role of Defense Secretary "had been adversely affected due to Wickrematunge, creating adverse consequences to the war against the rebels in the battlefield." [123] On 5 December 2008, a judge ordered Leader Publications not to publish any reports about Gotabaya Rajapaksa, for two weeks.
The current First Lady of Sri Lanka is Mallika Dissanayaka, wife of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who has held the position since 23 September 2024. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] There have been no first gentlemen of Sri Lanka to date, since former President Chandrika Kumaratunga , the country's only female head of state, was a widow while in office.
Rohitha Rajapaksa (born 15 June 1989) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and media personality. He is the youngest son of Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He has two elder brothers – Namal and Yoshitha .
Rajapaksa is a lawyer by profession and was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970. He served as the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party from 2005 to 2015. Rajapaksa was sworn in for his first six-year term as president on 19 November 2005. He was subsequently re-elected in 2010 for a second term. [4]
Dilith Susantha Jayaweera (born 18 September 1967) is a Sri Lankan businessman, entrepreneur, media mogul, lawyer and politician. [1] He is the current Chairman of George Steuart Group of Companies, and the founder and CEO of TV Derana.