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Rajapaksa was born on 10 April 1986. [6] He is the son of Mahinda Rajapaksa and Shiranthi (née Wickremesinghe). [7] He has two younger brothers – Yoshitha and Rohitha. [8] His paternal grandfather Don Alwin Rajapaksa was a member of parliament and Minister of Agriculture and Land in Wijeyananda Dahanayake's government.
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]
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 Sri Lanka Navy. [10] Rajapaksa was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount ...
Rajapaksa or Rajapakse is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Rajapaksa family, ... Namal Rajapaksa (born 1986), Sri Lankan politician;
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.
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[3] [4] [5] Other prominent candidates included Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa, Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the NPP, and Namal Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. [6] The election was a three-way contest between Wickremesinghe, Premadasa and Dissanayake.