Chamal Rajapaksa Politician

Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa (born 30 October 1942) is the current Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and former Cabinet Minister of Ports & Aviation and Irrigation & Water Management. He hails from a well known political family in Sri Lanka. His father, D. A. Rajapaksa, was a prominent politician, independence agitator, Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister of Agriculture and Land in Wijeyananda Dahanayake's government. He is the elder brother of former President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa. Nine members of the Rajapaksa family have been Members of Parliament of Sri Lanka Shashindra Rajapaksa (eldest son of Rajapaksa) is the current Chief Minister of Uva Provincial Council and current Basnayaka Nilame (Lay Custodian) of the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama devalaya.

Personal facts

Birth dateOctober 30, 1942
Nationality
Sri Lanka
Religion
Theravada
Education
Richmond College (Sri Lanka)
Children
Shasheendra Rajapaksa

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Office holder

officeSpeaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
party
Sri Lanka Freedom Party

Topical connections

Anura BandaranaikePolitician
D. A. RajapaksaPolitician
C. W. W. KannangaraPolitician
Akila Viraj KariyawasamPolitician
Basil RajapaksaPolitician
A. AmirthalingamPolitician
A. D. Champika PremadasaPolitician
A. H. M. FowziePolitician

Chamal Rajapaksa on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.chamalrajapaksa.com
  2. http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/10/29/fea03.asp
  3. http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/biography-of-the-hon-speaker
  4. http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/168
  5. http://www.rootsweb.com/~lkawgw/gen3086.html