Background
Rajapaksa, Mahinda was born on November 18, 1945 in Weeraketiya, Sri Lanka.
Rajapaksa, Mahinda was born on November 18, 1945 in Weeraketiya, Sri Lanka.
Attended, Richmond College, Galle. Attended, Nalanda College. Attended, Thurstan College Colombo.
Law degree, Colombo Law College, 1974.
Member, Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliament, 1970—1977, representative, Hambantota District, 1989. Member Parliamentarians for Human Rights. Leader Mothers Front, 1988—1990.
Minister Labour Sri Lankan Government, 1994—2001, minister Fisheries, 1994—2001, leader of Opposition, 2002, prime minister Sri Lanka, 2004—2005. President Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, since 2005. Founder University Oceanography, Coastal Guard Unit, Worker's Charter.
Member of Sri Lankan Committee for Solidarity with Palestine (president since 1980).
Married Shiranthi Rajapksa. 3 children.