Mahinda Rajapaksa
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA
His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa is the 6th President in Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6, 2004 until his victory in the 2005 Presidential election. He was sworn in for a six-year term as president on November 19, 2005. He was re-elected for a second term in office on January 27, 2010.
Following the death of his father in 1967, Rajapaksa took over as the SLFP candidate for Beliatta constituency and was elected to Parliament in 1970 as the youngest Member of Parliament at just 24. Later he studied law at the Sri Lanka Law College and took oaths as an attorney-at-law in November 1977. Throughout his parliamentary career, except for the period from 1994–2001 when he was a minister, he continued his law practice in Tangalle.[3]
Rajapaksa was born in a village named Weerakatiya in the southern rural district of Hambantota. He hails from a well known political family in Sri Lanka. His father, D. A. Rajapaksa, was a prominent politician. President Rajapaksa was educated at Richmond College in Galle before moving to Nalanda College Colombo and later Thurstan College, Colombo.
In 1983 Rajapaksa married Shiranthi Wickremasinghe, a child-psychologist and educator. Mahinda Rajapaksa has three sons. They are Namal, Yoshitha and Rohitha. A number of members of Rajapaksa's family are currently active in politics. One brother, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa a former military officer who served in the Sri Lanka Army for 20 years is the current secretary of the Ministry of Defense. President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the saviour of Sri Lankan from the civil war that existed more than three decades. The LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, was shot dead by the SL Army during the reign of this
His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa is the 6th President in Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6, 2004 until his victory in the 2005 Presidential election. He was sworn in for a six-year term as president on November 19, 2005. He was re-elected for a second term in office on January 27, 2010.
Following the death of his father in 1967, Rajapaksa took over as the SLFP candidate for Beliatta constituency and was elected to Parliament in 1970 as the youngest Member of Parliament at just 24. Later he studied law at the Sri Lanka Law College and took oaths as an attorney-at-law in November 1977. Throughout his parliamentary career, except for the period from 1994–2001 when he was a minister, he continued his law practice in Tangalle.[3]
Rajapaksa was born in a village named Weerakatiya in the southern rural district of Hambantota. He hails from a well known political family in Sri Lanka. His father, D. A. Rajapaksa, was a prominent politician. President Rajapaksa was educated at Richmond College in Galle before moving to Nalanda College Colombo and later Thurstan College, Colombo.
In 1983 Rajapaksa married Shiranthi Wickremasinghe, a child-psychologist and educator. Mahinda Rajapaksa has three sons. They are Namal, Yoshitha and Rohitha. A number of members of Rajapaksa's family are currently active in politics. One brother, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa a former military officer who served in the Sri Lanka Army for 20 years is the current secretary of the Ministry of Defense. President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the saviour of Sri Lankan from the civil war that existed more than three decades. The LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, was shot dead by the SL Army during the reign of this