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May 10, 2024 · Rajapaksa was born the fifth of nine children in a Buddhist Sinhalese family. His father, D.A. Rajapaksa, was a member of the Sri Lankan parliament (1947–65) representing Beliatta. After finishing his secondary education at Ananda College in Colombo, Gotabaya Rajapaksa joined the Sri Lankan army
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Oct 4, 2021 · Sri Lanka’s president is Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Nirupama Rajapaksa’s late father was his cousin. The president’s older brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, is prime minister. Human rights groups have accused the brothers of war crimes.
Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa [10] was born in Palatuwa in the Matara District, [11] as the fifth of nine siblings, and was brought up in Weeraketiya in the southern rural district of Hambantota. He hails from a well-known political family in Sri Lanka.
Jul 9, 2022 · Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2019. Eranga Jayawardena/Associated Press. By Mujib Mashal. July 9, 2022. The Rajapaksa family has dominated...
Jul 10, 2022 · Gotabaya appeared to believe that his image as the “saviour” of the country from terrorism — he was Defence Secretary in his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government at the time of the LTTE’s military defeat in 2009 — would see him through. So, is this the political end of the President?
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May 14, 2022 · The president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and his brother Mahinda, the prime minister, had come on board with the measure after a year of discussion. But another member of the family — Basil, the...
The Rajapaksa family (Sinhala: රාජපක්ෂ, romanized: Rājapakṣa) is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in politics. It was one of Sri Lanka's most powerful families during Mahinda Rajapaksa 's presidency, [1] when many members of the family occupied senior positions in the Sri Lankan state.
