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Thilak Rajapaksha

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Thilak Rajapaksha
තිලක් රාජපක්ෂ
திலக் ராஜபக்ஷ
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyAmpara District
Personal details
Born
Raja Manthreelage Thilak Rajapaksha

(1971-05-02) 2 May 1971 (age 53)
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
OccupationPhysician
Military service
AllegianceSri Lanka
Branch/serviceSri Lanka Army
UnitSri 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]

Electoral history of Thilak Rajapaksha
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2020 parliamentary[6] Ampara District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 54,203 Elected

References

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  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Thilak Rajapakshe". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ^ Ferdinando, Shamindra (8 August 2020). "A sizable Viyathmaga group enters parliament; Yuthukama receives two slots". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. ^ David, Kumar (12 August 2020). "SJB Is UNP In Other Vestments: Viyath-Yuthu Is Gota's Fifth Column". Colombo Telegraph. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 3" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 6A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Digamadulla District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  7. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.