Nirupama Rajapaksa

Hon.
Nirupama Rajapaksa
Hon. Nirupama Rajapaksa
Deputy Minister of Water Supply & Drainage
	In office; 2010–2015
Member of Parliament; for Hambantota District
	In office; 2005–2015
Preceded by	Mahinda Rajapaksa
	In office; 1994–2000
Personal details
Born	13 April 1962 (age 62)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political; affiliations	United People's Freedom Alliance
Relations	Chamal, Mahinda, Basil and Gotabhaya Rajapaksa ; (uncles; first cousins once removed and father's paternal first cousins)
Parent(s)	George Rajapaksa (deceased); (father); Lalitha Rajapaksa; (mother)
Residence(s)	95 Horton Place,; Colombo 07, Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Nirupama Deepika Rajapaksa (born 13 April 1962) is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka^[1] and a former deputy minister.

She herself, a Sinhalese Buddhist is married to an ethnic Tamil Hindu, Thirukkumaran Nadesan.

Rajapaksa is the niece of former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his siblings, the elder ones, Chamal and Jayanthi Rajapaksa as well as the younger ones, Chandra, Basil, Gotabhaya, Dudley, Preethi and Gandani Rajapaksa since her late father, George and them were first cousins
(her late paternal grandfather, D. M. Rajapaksa and their late father, D. A. Rajapaksa are brothers).^[2]

References

^ "Hon. (Mrs.) Nirupama Rajapaksa, M.P." Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
^ Thirukumaran Nadesan attacked by an angry mob in Tamil Nadu

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[1] "Hon. (Mrs.) Nirupama Rajapaksa, M.P." Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[2] Thirukumaran Nadesan attacked by an angry mob in Tamil Nadu

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v t e Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Hambantota
Hambantota Electoral District (1947–1960) Current District: Hambantota Electoral District
One–member (1947 – 1960)	Lakshman Rajapaksa Charles Edirisuriya Lakshman Rajapaksa
Multi–member (1989 – Present)	(1989 – 1994): Mahinda Rajapaksa Ranjit Atapattu Chamal Rajapaksa Ananda Kularatne Cyril Madduma Baduge Hary Abeydheera Gunapala Tissakuttiarachchi (1994 – 2000): Mahinda Rajapaksa Chamal Rajapaksa Nirupama Rajapaksa Mahinda Amaraweera Ananda Kularatne Mervyn Silva J. P. V. Vipulaguna (Until 1994) Replaced by Nihal Galappaththi (2000 – 2001): Sajith Premadasa Mahinda Rajapaksa Chamal Rajapaksa Dilip Wedaarachchi Siri Andrahennady Ananda Kularatne Nihal Galappaththi (2001 – 2004): Sajith Premadasa Mahinda Rajapaksa Chamal Rajapaksa Dilip Wedaarachchi Siri Andrahennady Ananda Kularatne Nihal Galappaththi (2004 – 2010): Mahinda Rajapaksa (Until 2005) Replaced by Nirupama Rajapaksa Nihal Galappaththi Vijitha Ranaweera Sajith Premadasa Mahinda Amaraweera Chamal Rajapaksa Dilip Wedaarachchi (2010 – 2015): Namal Rajapaksa Mahinda Amaraweera Chamal Rajapaksa Sajith Premadasa Dilip Wedaarachchi Nirupama Rajapaksa V. K. Indika (2015 – Present): Namal Rajapaksa Sajith Premadasa Mahinda Amaraweera Chamal Rajapaksa Dilip Wedaarachchi D. V. Chanaka Nihal Galappaththi

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