Shiranthi Rajapaksa

Shiranthi Wickremesinghe Rajapaksa (Sinhala: ශිරන්ති රාජපක්ෂ) (born 23 January 1953) is the wife of the sixth President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa and was the First Lady of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015.

Honourable

Shiranthi Rajapaksa
ශිරන්ති රාජපක්ෂ
First Lady of Sri Lanka
In role
19 November 2005 – 9 January 2015
Preceded byWimalawathi Kumarihami
Succeeded byJayanthi Pushpa Kumari
Personal details
Born
Shiranthi Wickramasinghe

(1953-01-23) 23 January 1953
Badulla, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
Spouse(s)Mahinda Rajapaksa (m. 1983)
ChildrenNamal, Yoshitha, Rohitha Rajapaksa
Alma materHoly Family Convent, Colombo
OccupationChild Psychologist

Family

In 1983, she married Mahinda Rajapaksa. The couple has three sons. Namal is a current Member of Parliament for Hambantota District while his brother Yoshitha was commissioned as an Acting Sub Lieutenant in the Sri Lanka Navy in March 2009 [1] appointed an Aide-de-camp to the President in 2006 and youngest son is Rohitha Rajapaksa.

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See also

References
  1. His Excellency the President Chief Guest at the Commissioning Parade held at the Naval and Maritime Academy Archived 2012-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Wimalawathi Kumarihami		 First Lady of Sri Lanka
19 November 2005 – 9 January 2015		 Succeeded by
Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari
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