Mahinda Rajapaksa Biography @ history /Former President of Sri Lanka

Mahinda Rajapaksa Biography @ history

Former President of Sri Lanka

Born: November 18, 1945 (age 73 years), Weeraketiya

Spouse: Shiranthi Rajapaksha (m. 1983)

Siblings: Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa, MORE

Education: Sri Lanka Law College (1974), Richmond College, Galle, Thurstan College, Nalanda College, Colombo

Previous offices: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2018–2018), MORE

Children: Namal Rajapaksa,  Yoshitha Rajapaksa,  Rohitha Rajapaksa

 

 mahinda rajapaksha is a Sri Lankan politician serving as Leader of the Opposition since 2018, and has served as Member of Parliament for Kurunegala since 2015. He served as the President of Sri Lanka and Leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party  2005 to 2015. 

Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in the 1970 , he served as Prime Minister from 6 April 2004 until his victory in the 2005 presidential election

 

He was defeated in his bid for a third term in the 2015 presidential election by Maithripala Sirisena and left office on the 9 January 2015.

 

Background

Mahinda Rajapaksa was born in Weeraketiya in the southern rural district 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. and  whose cause he championed throughout his life. It is from his example that Rajapaksa wears his characteristic shawl.