Shasheendra Kumara Rajapaksa | |
Native Name: | ශෂීන්ද්ර රාජපක්ෂ |
Native Name Lang: | Sinhala |
Order1: | 6th |
Office1: | Chief Minister of Uva |
Term Start1: | 20 August 2009 |
Term End1: | 13 January 2015 |
Predecessor1: | Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa |
Successor1: | Harin Fernando |
Constituency Mp: | Monaragala District |
Parliament: | Sri Lanka |
Term Start: | 20 August 2020 |
Majority: | 104,729 Preferential Votes |
Birth Date: | 28 June 1976 |
Birth Place: | Sri Lanka |
Citizenship: | Sri Lanka |
Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
Party: | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
Father: | Chamal Rajapaksa |
Spouse: | Lekshika Naomi Rajapaksa |
Children: | Tavissh Rajapaksa, Mitheash Rajapaksa |
Residence: | Monaragala |
Occupation: | Member of parliament |
Profession: | Politician |
Shasheendra Kumara Rajapaksa (known as Shasheendra Rajapaksa) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a Member of Sri Lankan Parliament for Monaragala District and former State Minister of Paddy and Cereals, Organic Food, Vegetables, Fruits, Chilies, Onions and Potatoes, Seed Production and High Tech Agriculture.
He was a Provincial Councillor of Uva Province who was Chief Minister of Uva Province in Sri Lanka from 2009 to 2015, and former Basnayake Nilame (Lay Custodian) of the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama devalaya. He is the eldest son of Chamal Rajapaksa and nephew of former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa.[1] [2] Rajapaksa lost his position as Chief Minister of Uva Province to UNP leader Badulla Harin Fernando in 2015, when 6 UPFA members joined Fernando.