Thilak Rajapaksha Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Thilak Rajapaksha
Native Name:Sinhala; Sinhalese: තිලක් රාජපක්ෂ
திலக் ராஜபக்ஷ
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Constituency1:Ampara District
Term Start1:2020
Birth Name:Raja Manthreelage Thilak Rajapaksha
Birth Date:2 May 1971
Party:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Otherparty:Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Occupation:Physician
Allegiance:Sri Lanka
Branch:Sri Lanka Army
Unit:Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps

Raja Manthreelage Thilak Rajapaksha (born 2 May 1971) is a Sri Lankan physician, army officer, politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Rajapaksha was born on 2 May 1971.[1] He served in the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps.[2] He was head of the Ambagahawella Regional Hospital and the Ampara Health Officer's Office and director of Ampara Regional Health Services Office.[2] He is a member of Viyathmaga (Path of the Learned), a pro-Rajapaksa, nationalist group of academics, businesspeople and professionals.[3] [4]

Rajapaksha contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Ampara District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[5] [6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Members: Thilak Rajapakshe . . 9 September 2020 . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka.
  2. News: Meet your new parliamentarians . 9 September 2020 . . 23 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  3. News: Ferdinando . Shamindra . A sizable Viyathmaga group enters parliament; Yuthukama receives two slots . 9 September 2020 . . 8 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  4. News: David . Kumar . SJB Is UNP In Other Vestments: Viyath-Yuthu Is Gota's Fifth Column . 9 September 2020 . Colombo Telegraph . 12 August 2020.
  5. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 3. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 8 August 2020 . 2187/26 . 6A . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  6. News: General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Digamadulla District . 9 September 2020 . . 7 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  7. News: Parasuraman . Lakshme . Over 60 new faces in Parliament . 9 September 2020 . . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.