Hon. Thilak Rajapaksha MP තිලක් රාජපක්ෂ திலக் ராஜபக்ஷ | |
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Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 2020 | |
Constituency | Ampara District |
Personal details | |
Born | Raja Manthreelage Thilak Rajapaksha 2 May 1971 |
Political party | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
Other political affiliations |
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance |
Occupation | Physician |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Sri Lanka |
Service/branch | Sri Lanka Army |
Unit | Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps |
Raja Manthreelage Thilak Rajapaksha (born 2 May 1971) is a Sri Lankan physician, army officer, politician and Member of Parliament.[1]
Rajapaksha was born on 2 May 1971.[1] He served in the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps.[2] He was head of the Ambagahawella Regional Hospital and the Ampara Health Officer’s Office and director of Ampara Regional Health Services Office.[2] He is a member of Viyathmaga (Path of the Learned), a pro-Rajapaksa, nationalist group of academics, businesspeople and professionals.[3][4]
Rajapaksha contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Ampara District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[5][6][7]
Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | Votes | Result | ||
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2020 parliamentary[6] | Ampara District | style="background-color:Template:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna/meta/color;" width=10px | ;"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | style="background-color:Template:Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance/meta/color;" width=10px | ;"| | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance | 54,203 | Elected |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Directory of Members: Thilak Rajapakshe". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. https://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/3322.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 23 August 2020. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/200823/news/meet-your-new-parliamentarians-2-413457.html.
- ↑ Ferdinando, Shamindra (8 August 2020). "A sizable Viyathmaga group enters parliament; Yuthukama receives two slots". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. https://island.lk/a-sizable-viyathmaga-group-enters-parliament-yuthukama-receives-two-slots/.
- ↑ David, Kumar (12 August 2020). "SJB Is UNP In Other Vestments: Viyath-Yuthu Is Gota’s Fifth Column". Colombo Telegraph. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/sjb-is-unp-in-other-vestments-viyath-yuthu-is-gotas-fifth-column/.
- ↑ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 3". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 6A. http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2020/8/2187-26_E.pdf.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Digamadulla District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. https://ceylontoday.lk/news/general-election-2020-preferential-votes-of-digamadulla-district.
- ↑ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2020/08/09/news-features/over-60-new-faces-parliament.
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