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Wijeyadasa Rajapakse | |
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| විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ விஜயதாச ராஜபக்ஷ | |
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| Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2022 | |
| President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe Dinesh Gunawardena |
| Preceded by | Ali Sabry |
| In office 12 January 2015 – 23 August 2017 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Rauff Hakeem |
| Succeeded by | Thalatha Atukorale |
| Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs | |
| In office 1 May 2018 – 26 October 2018 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickramasinghe |
| Preceded by | Kabir Hashim |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 29 October 2018 – 15 December 2018 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapakse |
| Minister of Buddha Sasana | |
| In office 4 September 2015 – 23 August 2017 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Karu Jayasuriya |
| Succeeded by | Gamini Jayawickrama Perera |
| Non-Cabinet Minister for State Banks Development | |
| In office 23 November 2005 – 23 April 2010 | |
| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
| Member of Parliament for Colombo District | |
| Assumed office 2010 | |
| Member of Parliament for National List | |
| In office 2004–2010 | |
| 7th Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (suspended) | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1959 |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2004–2010, since 2024) United National Party (2010–2019) Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (2019–2024) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, MP, PC (born 16 March 1959) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He is the current Minister of Justice and previously served in the same ministry from 2015 to 2017. He was the Prime Minister's nominee for the Constitutional Council of Sri Lanka.[1]
During the 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis, he had briefly served as the Minister of Education and Higher Education, and his post was suspended by the court in 2018. He was controversially appointed as the chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in 2024 and was announced as the party's presidential candidate in the upcoming elections.[2]