Shasheendra Rajapaksa

Sri Lankan politician

Shasheendra Kumara Rajapaksa

ශෂීන්ද්‍ර රාජපක්ෂ

Member of Parliament
for Monaragala District
In office
20 August 2020 – 24 September 2024
Majority| 104,729 Preferential Votes
6th Chief Minister of Uva
In office
20 August 2009 – 13 January 2015
Preceded by| Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa
Succeeded by| Harin Fernando
Personal details
Born|  (1976-06-28) 28 June 1976 (age 49)
Sri Lanka
Citizenship| Sri Lanka
Political party| Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Spouse| Lekshika Naomi Rajapaksa
Parent|

* Chamal Rajapaksa (father)

Relatives|

* Mahinda Rajapaksa (uncle)
* Gotabaya Rajapaksa (uncle)

Residence| Monaragala
Education|

* Mahanama College, Colombo
* S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia

Occupation| Member of parliament
Profession| Politician
Website| shasheendra.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.

## See also

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* List of political families in Sri Lanka
* List of St. Thomas' College alumni

## References

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1. ^ Shasheendra Rajapaksa - Chief Minister of Uva
2. ^ Rajapaksa takes oaths as Uva Chief Minister, four other ministers sworn in Archived 2013-09-02 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

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* Official website
* Shasheendra Rajapaksa on Facebook

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← Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2020 (2020)–2024 (2024)) →

* Speaker: Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena

* Prime Minister: Mahinda Rajapaksa/Ranil Wickremesinghe/Dinesh Gunawardena/Harini Amarasuriya
* Leader of the Opposition: Sajith Premadasa

Central (25)|

| Kandy (12)|

* Dilum Amunugama
* Mahindananda Aluthgamage
* Lohan Ratwatte
* Anuradha Jayaratne
* Keheliya Rambukwella
* Wasantha Yapa Bandara
* Gunathilaka Rajapaksha
* Udayana Kirindigoda
* Rauff Hakeem
* M. H. A. Haleem
* M. Velu Kumar
* Lakshman Kiriella

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Matale (5)|

* Janaka Bandara Tennakoon
* Nalaka Kottegoda
* Pramitha Tennakoon
* Rohana Dissanayake
* Rohini Kumari Wijerathna

Nuwara Eliya (8)|

* Jeevan Thondaman
* C. B. Ratnayake
* S. B. Dissanayake
* Marudapandy Rameshwaran
* Nimal Piyatissa
* Palani Digambaran
* Velusami Radhakrishnan
* Mailvaganam Udayakumar

Eastern (16)|

| Ampara (7)|

* A. L. M. Athaullah
* Wimalaweera Dissanayake
* Cassim Faizal
* H. M. M. Harees
* Muszhaaraff Muthunabeen
* Thilak Rajapaksha
* D. Weerasingha

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Batticaloa (5)|

* Rahul Rajapuththiran
* Kovinthan Karunakaram
* Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan
* Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen
* Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
* Sathasivam Viyalendiran

Trincomalee (4)|

* Shariff Thowfeek
* Imran Maharoof
* Kapila Athukorala
* R. Sampanthan
* K. S. Kugathasan
* M. A. M. Maharoof
* Susantha Punchinilame

Northern (13)|

| Jaffna (7)|

* S. Sritharan
* M. A. Sumanthiran
* D. Siddarthan
* Gankesar Ponnambalam
* Angajan Ramanathan
* Douglas Devananda
* C. V. Vigneswaran

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Vanni (6)|

* Charles Nirmalanathan
* Selvam Adaikalanathan
* S. Noharathalingam
* K. Kader Masthan
* Rishad Bathiudeen
* Kulasingam Thileepan

North Central (14)|

| Anuradhapura (9)|

* S. M. Chandrasena
* Channa Jayasumana
* Uddika Premarathna
* S.C. Muthukumarana
* Asanka Shehan Semasinghe
* Duminda Dissanayake
* K. H. Nandasena
* K. P. S. Kumarasiri
* Ishak Rahuman
* Rohana Bandara

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Polonnaruwa (5)|

* Maithripala Sirisena
* Roshan Ranasinghe
* Siripala Gamalath
* Amarakeerthi Athukorala
* Jagath Samarawickrama
* Kins Nelson

North Western (24)|

| Kurunegala (15)|

* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Johnston Fernando
* Gunapala Rathnasekara
* Dayasiri Jayasekara
* Asanka Navarathna
* Samanpriya Herath
* D. B. Herath
* Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
* Jayarathna Herath
* Shantha Bandara
* Sumith Udukumbura
* Nalin Bandara
* J. C. Alawathuwala
* Ashoka Abeysinghe
* Thushara Indunil

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Puttalam (9)|

* Sanath Nishantha
* Jagath Priyankara
* Piyankara Jayaratne
* Arundika Fernando
* Chinthaka Mayadunne
* Ashoka Priyantha
* Hector Appuhamy
* Niroshan Nanayakkara
* Niroshan Perera
* Ali Sabri Raheem

Sabaragamuwa (20)|

| Kegalle (9)|

* Kanaka Herath
* Ranjith Siyambalapitiya
* Tharaka Balasuriya
* Rajika Wickramasinghe
* Dushmantha Mithrapala
* Udayakantha Gunathilaka
* Sudath Manjula
* Kabir Hashim
* Sujith Sanjaya Perera

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Ratnapura (11)|

* Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi
* Premalal Jayasekara
* Janaka Wakkumbura
* Gamini Waleboda
* Akila Ellawala
* Vasudeva Nanayakkara
* Muditha Prishanthi
* John Seneviratne
* Hesha Withanage
* Priyantha Liyanage
* Thalatha Atukorale
* Karu Paranawithana

Southern (25)|

| Galle (9)|

* Ramesh Pathirana
* Chaminda Sampath
* Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva
* Chandima Weerakkody
* Isuru Dodangoda
* Shan Wijayalal De Silva
* Geetha Kumarasinghe
* Gayantha Karunathilaka
* Manusha Nanayakkara
* Bandula Lal Bandarigoda

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Hambantota (7)|

* Namal Rajapaksa
* D. V. Chanaka
* Mahinda Amaraweera
* Chamal Rajapaksa
* Upul Galappaththi
* Ajith Rajapakse
* Dilip Wedaarachchi

Matara (7)|

* Nipuna Ranawaka
* Karunadasa Kodithuwakku
* Dullas Alahapperuma
* Kanchana Wijesekera
* Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
* Weerasumana Weerasinghe
* Buddhika Pathirana

Uva (13)|

| Badulla (9)|

* Nimal Siripala de Silva
* Sudarshana Denipitiya
* Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage
* Chamara Sampath Dassanayake
* Dilan Perera
* Chaminda Thisakutti
* Vadivel Suresh
* A. Aravind Kumar
* Chaminda Wijesiri
* Nayana Wasalathilake

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Monaragala (6)|

* Shasheendra Rajapaksa
* Kumarasiri Rathnayake
* Vijitha Berugoda
* Jagath Pushpakumara
* Gayashan Nawananda
* W. H. M. Dharmasena

Western (47)|

| Colombo (19)|

* Sarath Weerasekara
* Wimal Weerawansa
* Udaya Gammanpila
* Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
* Bandula Gunawardane
* Predeep Saman Kumara
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Madhura Withanage
* Premnath C. Dolawaththa
* Gamini Lokuge
* Susil Premajayantha
* Jagath Kumara
* Sajith Premadasa
* S. M. Marikkar
* Mujibur Rahman
* A. H. M. Fowzie
* Harsha de Silva
* Patali Champika Ranawaka
* M. Ganeshan
* Anura Kumara Dissanayake
* Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi

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Gampaha (18)|

* Nalaka Godahewa
* Prasanna Ranatunga
* Indika Anuruddha
* Sisira Jayakody
* Nimal Lanza
* Sahan Pradeep Withana
* Sudarshani Fernandopulle
* Prasanna Ranaweera
* Harshani Gunawardhana
* Lasantha Alagiyawanna
* Nalin Ruwanjiwa Fernando
* Milan Sajith Jayathilake
* Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha
* Sarath Fonseka
* Ranjan Ramanayake
* Ajith Mannapperuma
* Harshana Rajakaruna
* Kavinda Jayawardena
* Vijitha Herath

Kalutara (10)|

* Vidura Wickremanayake
* Rohitha Abeygunawardena
* Sanjeeva Edirimanna
* Piyal Nishantha
* Jayantha Samaraweera
* Anupa Pasqual
* Lalith Ellawala
* Rajitha Senaratne
* Mahinda Samarasinghe
* Lalith Warnakumara
* Kumara Welgama

National List (29)|

| SLPFA (17)|

* G. L. Peiris
* Sagara Kariyawasam
* Ajith Nivard Cabraal
* Jayantha Ketagoda
* Ali Sabry
* Jayantha Weerasinghe
* Manjula Dissanayake
* Ranjith Bandara
* Charitha Herath
* Gevindu Kumaratunga
* A. J. M. Muzammil
* Tissa Vitharana
* Yadamini Gunawardena
* Suren Raghavan
* Tiran Alles
* Seetha Arambepola
* Jayantha Ketagoda
* Basil Rajapaksa
* Dhammika Perera
* Marjan Faleel

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SJB (7)|

* Harin Fernando
* Tissa Attanayake
* Ranjith Madduma Bandara
* Mayantha Dissanayake
* Eran Wickramaratne
* Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
* Diana Gamage
* Mujibur Rahman

NPP (1)|

* Harini Amarasuriya

TNA (1)|

* T. Kalaiarasan

TNPF (1)|

* Selvarasa Gajenthiran

OPPP (1)|

* Athuraliye Rathana Thero

UNP (1)|

* Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Vajira Abeywardena

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Chief ministers of Uva

Chief ministers|

* Percy Samaraweera
* Nalini Weerawanni
* Samaraweera Weerawanni
* A. M. Buddhadasa
* Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa
* Shasheendra Rajapaksa
* Harin Fernando
* Chamara Sampath Dassanayake

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