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Lakshman Namal Rajapaksa (Sinhala: ලක්ශ්මන් නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ, Tamil: நாமல் ராஜபக்ஷ; born 10 April 1986; known as Namal Rajapaksa) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. [1] He is the eldest son of former President and former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and a member of parliament.
The Sri Lanka Peoples’ Front said the 38-year-old lawyer Namal Rajapaksa, the eldest son of former strongman president Mahinda Rajapaksa, will be its candidate in the Sept. 21 election, the ...
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.
He is the second son of Mahinda Rajapaksa and Shiranthi Rajapaksa. [7] He has two brothers – Namal and Rohitha. [8] His paternal grandfather D. A. Rajapaksa was a Member of Parliament and Minister of Agriculture and Land in Wijeyananda Dahanayake's government. [9] His maternal grandfather, E. P. Wickremasinghe was a retired commodore in the ...
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 .
On 7 August 2024, the SLPP announced Namal Rajapaksa, son of Mahinda Rajapaksa, as its candidate in the 2024 presidential election. He was the youngest candidate in the election. [ 65 ] Rajapaksa was eliminated after the first vote count, placing 4th behind Anura Kumara Dissanayake , Sajith Premadasa and Ranil Wickremesinghe and winning only 2. ...
Namal Rajapaksa suffered a humiliating defeat, finishing in fourth place and winning only 2.57% of the popular vote. [164] Following the SLPP's defeat, Mahinda Rajapaksa chose not to stand for re-election in the 2024 parliamentary elections , thus ending his 54-year long political career.
Rajapaksa or Rajapakse is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Rajapaksa family, ... Namal Rajapaksa (born 1986), Sri Lankan politician;