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Nirupama Rajapaksa

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Nirupama Rajapaksa
Deputy Minister of Water Supply & Drainage
In office
2010–2015
Member of Parliament
for Hambantota District
In office
2005–2015
Preceded byMahinda Rajapaksa
In office
1994–2000
Personal details
Born (1962-04-13) 13 April 1962 (age 62) Dominion of Ceylon
NationalitySri Lankan citizenship
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations		United People's Freedom Alliance
SpouseThirukaran Nadeshan
Relationsshyamlal Rajapaksa brother,
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.

Biography

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Rajapaksa, herself a Sinhalese Buddhist, is married to an ethnic Tamil Hindu, Thirukkumaran Nadesan.[citation needed]

She is the niece of former Sri Lankan President and later Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Her late father George and Mahinda were first cousins (her late paternal grandfather, D. M. Rajapaksa and their late father, D. A. Rajapaksa were brothers).[2]

Career

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She served as a deputy minister of water supply and drainage during the presidency of Mahinda Rajapaksa between 2010 and 2015.

Pandora Papers controversy

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Her name was mentioned in the Pandora Papers which were leaked to the public in October 2021.[3] Portions of the Papers revealed that she and her husband controlled a shell company they used to make investments and buy luxury apartments in London and Sydney.[4][5] Nadesan set up other shell companies and trusts in secrecy jurisdictions, and he used them with the intention to obtain lucrative consulting contracts from foreign companies doing business with the Sri Lankan government and to buy artwork.[6] Many reports related the fraudulent efforts as part of Rajapksa family’s undisclosed wealth in offshore countries.[7][8] The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) reported that Rajapaksa and Nadesan declined to answer its questions about their trusts and companies.

Departure from Sri Lanka

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On 5 April during the ongoing 2022 Sri Lankan protests against the Sri Lankan government she left the country to Dubai.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "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
  3. ^ "BREAKING : Former Sri Lankan Minister Nirupama Rajapaksa exposed in PANDORA PAPERS Leak". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  4. ^ "Former Minister Nirupama Rajapaksa named in Pandora Papers". NewsWire. 2021-10-03. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  5. ^ "Pandora Papers hits the high ranks as Nirupama Rajapaksa documented in it - Breaking News | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  6. ^ "Power Players - ICIJ". 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  7. ^ "Pandora papers: Sri Lankan power couple piled up luxury homes, artworks and cash offshore as ruling family rose and rose". The Indian Express. 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  8. ^ "Sri Lankan power couple piled up luxury homes, artworks and cash offshore as ruling family rose and rose - ICIJ". 4 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  9. ^ "Nirupama Rajapaksa left for Dubai - Breaking News | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
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