Ajith Nishantha Rajapakse (born 6 January 1974) is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n politician, former provincial councillor,

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. and the current

Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka The deputy speaker and chairman of committees is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (and its predecessors the National State Assembly, the House of Representatives and the State Council) who presides over sittings of Parliament in the abse ...

Rajapakse was born on 6 January 1974. He was a member of Ambalantota Divisional Council and the

Southern Provincial Council The Southern Province ( si, දකුණු පළාත ''Dakuṇu Paḷāta'', ta, தென் மாகாணம் ''Theṉ Mākāṇam'') of Sri Lanka is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of t ...

. He contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the People's Alliance

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's candidates in Hambantota District but failed to get elected. He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the

United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance ( abbreviated UPFA; si, එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ta, ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக ...

(UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Hambantota District but failed to get elected after coming 5th amongst the UPFA candidates. He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a

Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated SLPFA; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානය, translit=Śrī Laṃkā Nidahas Podujana Sandhānaya; ta, ஶ்ரீ லங்கா ப ...

electoral alliance candidate in Hambantota District and was elected to the

Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila� ...

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1974 births Local authority councillors of Sri Lanka Living people Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the Southern Provincial Council People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) politicians Sinhalese politicians Sri Lankan Buddhists Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance politicians Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna politicians United People's Freedom Alliance politicians {{SouthernLK-politician-stub