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Suranimala Rajapaksha | |
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Special Envoy to the Prime Minister | |
In office 7 October 2015 – 14 March 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Coordinating Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
In office 27 January 2015 – 18 August 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Minister of School Education | |
In office 2001–2004 | |
President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Member of Parliament for Gampaha District | |
In office 1994–2004 | |
Member of Western Provincial Council | |
In office 1988–1994 | |
Minister of Education, Sports, youth affairs, Women affairs and Cultural affairs of the Western Provincial Council | |
In office 1988–1993 | |
President | Ranasinghe Premadasa |
Prime Minister | D.B. Wijetunga |
Governor | Suppiah Sharvananda |
Executive Member of Gampaha District Development Council | |
In office 1982–1988 | |
Private Secretary to the Minister of Education,Youth Affairs and Employment | |
In office 1977–1988 | |
Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Executive Director of National youth Service Council | |
In office 1982–1988 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 January 1949 |
Died | 14 March 2016 Colombo | (aged 67)
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | United National Party |
Spouse | Chandani Rajapaksha |
Children | Sanjeewani Rajapaksha Kanishka Rajapaksha |
Parent(s) | Saranelis Rajapaksha (father) D.P.Rajapaksha Haminea (mother) |
Alma mater | Ananda College |
Occupation | Politician |
Rajapakse Mohottige Don Suranimala Rajapaksha (Sinhala:සුරනිමල රාජපක්ෂ) (5 January 1949 – 14 March 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician. Rajapaksha was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1994 and he was the Minister of School Education in Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in 2001 to 2004. He was a member of the United National Party (UNP) and a member of UNP Working Committee. He was also appointed as the Coordinating secretary to the prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in 2015. At the time of his death he acted as the special envoy (representative) to the Prime Minister.[1] His younger son Kanishka Rajapaksha was also appointed as the Coordinating Assistant to the Prime Minister after the death of Rajapaksha. Kanishka is an Attorney at Law in his profession.