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Ajith Rajapakse
Sri Lankan politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ajith Nishantha Rajapakse (born 6 January 1974) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councilor, former Member of Parliament and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2024.[1][2][3] He was a member of Ambalantota Divisional Council and the Southern Provincial Council.[4]
Rajapakse has GCE O/L, A/L qualifications with a Diploma in Politics from National Youth Council.[3] He contested in the 2001 parliamentary election as a candidate of the People's Alliance for the Hambantota District, but failed to get elected.[4] He contested again in the 2015 parliamentary election as a candidate of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) in the Hambantota District but failed to get elected once again after coming in 5th place amongst the UPFA candidates.[5][6][7] He contested in the 2020 parliamentary election as a candidate for the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance in the Hambantota District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[8][9][10]
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