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Place of Birth: Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
About Chamal Rajapaksa
- Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa (Sinhala: ???? ???????; Tamil: ???? ???????; born 30 October 1942) is a Sri Lankan politician who was Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2015.
- Previously he served as Minister of Ports & Aviation and Irrigation & Water Management.
- He hails from a well known political family in Sri Lanka.
- His father, D.
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- Rajapaksa, was a prominent politician, independence agitator, member of parliament and Minister of Agriculture and Land in Wijeyananda Dahanayake's government.
- He is the elder brother of Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015.
- Nine members of the Rajapaksa family have been members of parliament in Sri Lanka.Shashindra Rajapaksa (eldest son of Rajapaksa) is the former chief Minister of Uva Provincial Council and former Basnayaka Nilame (Lay Custodian) of the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama devalaya.
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