Shasheendra Rajapaksa Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.shasheendrarajapaksa.com/uva-provincial-council.html Shasheendra Rajapaksa - Chief Minister of Uva
  2. http://sundaytimes.lk/cms/article10.php?id=3651Shasheendra Rajapaksa takes oaths as Uva Chief Minister, four other ministers sworn in