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Shasheendra Rajapaksa

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Shasheendra Kumara Rajapaksa
ශෂීන්ද්‍ර රාජපක්ෂ
Member of Parliament
for Monaragala District
Assumed office
20 August 2020
Majority104,729 Preferential Votes
6th Chief Minister of Uva
In office
20 August 2009 – 13 January 2015
Preceded byGamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa
Succeeded byHarin Fernando
Personal details
Born (1976-06-28) 28 June 1976 (age 48)
Sri Lanka
CitizenshipSri Lanka
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
SpouseLekshika Naomi Rajapaksa
ChildrenTavissh Rajapaksa, Mitheash Rajapaksa
Parent
Relatives
ResidenceMonaragala
Education
OccupationMember of parliament
ProfessionPolitician
Websiteshasheendra.lk

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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