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Basil Rajapaksa
බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ பசில் ராஜபக்ஷ
Minister of Finance
In office 8 July 2021 – 3 April 2022
President	Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded by	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Succeeded by	Ali Sabry
Minister of Economic Development
In office 22 April 2010 – 9 January 2015
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	D. M. Jayaratne
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Member of Parliament for Gampaha District
In office 22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015
Majority	425,861 Preferential Votes
Member of Parliament for National List
In office 8 July 2021 – 9 June 2022
Preceded by	Jayantha Ketagoda
Succeeded by	Dhammika Perera
In office 19 September 2007 – 9 February 2010
Preceded by	Mohamed Ismail Anwar Ismail
Personal details
Born	(1951-04-27) 27 April 1951 (age 73) Dominion of Ceylon
Citizenship	Sri Lankan American
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Spouse	Pushpa Rajapaksa
Children	Thejani, Bimalka and Ashantha
Alma mater	Isipathana College Ananda College
Website	basilrajapaksa.com

Basil Rajapaksa (born 27 April 1951) is a Sri Lankan-American politician. He is a former Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for the national list.

He was also a member of the Sri Lankan Parliament from 2007 to 2015. During the period of 2005–2010 he served as a presidential senior advisor for President Mahinda Rajapaksa and in 2007 he was appointed as a member of parliament from the national list. He was the Cabinet minister for Economic Development in President Mahinda Rajapaksa's second term (2010–2015). In the 2010 parliamentary election, he was elected from Gampaha district by receiving the highest number of preferential votes in Sri Lanka. He entered the parliament again from the national list and was appointed the Finance Minister during which he was accused of extreme negligence and mismanagement resulting in the worsening of the Sri Lankan economic crisis and was ultimately forced to resign under increasing protests by general public in the 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis. He resigned his seat in parliament on 9 June 2022.

Family

He hails from a well-known political family in the southern part of Sri Lanka. His father, D. A. Rajapaksa, was a prominent politician, independence agitator, Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister of Agriculture and Land in Wijeyananda Dahanayake's government. He is a younger brother of the former presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was the secretary for the defence ministry in the Mahinda Rajapaksa's government. Furthermore, his older brother Chamal served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2010–2015).

He had his secondary education at Isipathana College and Ananda College, both located in Colombo.

Political career

At the 1977 General Elections, he contested Mulkirigala Electorate from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party but was defeated. He was the youngest SLFP candidate that contested in this election. In the 1977 election, only 8 members managed to win from the SLFP. Basil Rajapaksa later worked with the first executive President J.R. Jayewardene and joined the United National Party, He made this decision to join the UNP due to some infighting within the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Although he was with JR Jayawardana, he openly supported his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa. While he was in UNP he became very close to the minister Gamini Dissanayake. When SLFP and coalition parties won the 1994 he actively assisted Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. In 1997 his wife won the US green card lottery and migrated to the USA with his family. He frequently visited Sri Lanka, especially whenever there were elections.

During the 2005 Presidential election campaign, he actively worked for his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa's victory and became an advisor for the President. In 2007 he was appointed as a national list member for the Sri Lankan parliament. When the 2010 parliamentary election was announced Basil contested the Gampaha district. As the district leader, he gained over 400,000 votes and became a member of the Parliament who obtained the highest number of preferential votes from the district.

In 2021 Basil Rajapaksa returned to the parliament from the national list and was appointed Finance Minister. During his time as minister Sri Lanka had entered an economic crisis but Rajapaksa began avoiding parliament sessions for months. The Opposition complained that pressing economic matters could not be discussed due to his absence. Other government MPs were also critical of his behaviour with Udaya Gammanpila, the energy minister claiming that Basil Rajapaksa refused to accept that an economic crisis was growing and that he knew nothing about his subject.

Rajapakasa finally attended parliament on 5 April after an absence of four months and after being forced to resign after a series of protests against the government.

In 2022, following the nationwide protests, Sri Lanka's ruling Rajapakasa family attempted to flee the country. On July 11, Rajapakasa's attempt to leave through the VIP terminal at Colombo International Airport failed after a standoff with airport immigration staff, who refused to board him.

He would later successfully leave the country to the United States. On 22 November he returned to Sri Lanka and despite not being an MP or holding any government position he was allowed to use the VIP lounge of Colombo Airport and was given a police escort. In addition he used the Gold Route Service at the BIA which costs over US$200 per person when the VIP service is used and over a hundred SLPP members were seen eating food from the lounge waiting for Basil Rajapaksa to arrive.

Personal life

He is married to Pushpa Rajapaksa and has three children.

Corruption allegations

Rajapaksa is accused of many corruption scandals, and he is under investigation for corruption and abuse of state assets. He gained a reputation as "Mr. Ten Percent" due to the allegations of taking commissions from government contracts. In 2016, the court ordered authorities to auction a luxury villa and 6.5 ha (16 acres) of land in Malwana, which is allegedly owned by Rajapaksa. The house and land have not been auctioned and a court case is still ongoing in respect to this allegation.

One of the accusations that the current government made was the misappropriation of funds belonging to the Divi Neguma Development Department. Financial Crimes Investigation Department (FCID), a police division that was established to punish the supporters of the previous government, filed charges against Rajapaksa. There are several court cases where some citizens of Sri Lanka have challenged the legality of the FCID.

S. B. Dissanayake, the Minister for Social Empowerment and Welfare has stated: "The pipes were purchased according to due tender process, the purchased pipes were duly delivered the pradeshiya sabhas. The pradeshiya sabhas need pipes – for temple functions, funerals, when a minister is visiting – they need pipes for all of this." He has misused funds in a construction project while he was the Minister of Economic Development under his brother's government.

On 14 November 2023, following a case filed by filed by Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) and other four activists, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka found Rajapaksa, his brothers Mahinda and Gotabaya and several other officials guilty of economic mismanagement between 2019 and 2022, and ordered them to pay about $450 (150,000 rupees) in legal costs to the petitioners.

See also

• List of political families in Sri Lanka

References

1. "I have not renounced my US citizenship – Basil Rajapaksa". Newsfirst.lk.
2. "New Cabinet sworn in". Archived from the original on 25 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
3. "Sri Lankan economic crisis: Ex-finance minister Basil Rajapaksa quits amid protest". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
4. 1977 Parliamentary Elections Results . Official Website, Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
5. Can Basil rescue Mahinda’s sinking ship?.
6. "Basil Rajapaksa's name gazetted as National List MP". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
7. "Basil Rajapaksa sworn-in as Finance Minister – Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka". Retrieved 5 April 2022.
8. Nadeera, Dilshan. "Basil doesn't come to Parliament – Mano Ganeshan". Retrieved 5 April 2022.
9. Weerasooriya, Sahan. "Basil's silence for three months amidst dire economic situation causes uproar in Parliament for second day". Retrieved 5 April 2022.
10. Mashal, Mujib; Gunasekara, Skandha (14 May 2022). "A Ruling Family on the Run as Sri Lanka Plunges Into Economic Ruin". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
11. "Basil Rajapaksa finally attends Parliament after 4 months". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
12. Kumar Bose, Saikat (12 July 2022). "Lanka Ex Minister Basil Rajapaksa's Dubai Escape Dashed By Flyers: Sources". NDTV.com. NDTV. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
13. Weerasooriya, Sahan. "Special treatment accorded to Basil at BIA comes in for condemnation". Retrieved 23 November 2022.
14. "No payment made by Basil to use VIP arrival lounge at BIA". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
15. "Pushpa Rajapaksa's China funded Sri Lanka NGO now a boutique hotel. | Sri Lanka Brief". Retrieved 18 January 2021.
16. "බැසිල්ගේ මල්වානේ ඉඩමේ නඩුව මැයි 7 දක්වා කල් යයි". Hiru News. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
17. "Sri Lanka ex-leader's brother Basil Rajapaksa arrested". BBC News. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
18. "Sri Lanka's all-powerful Rajapaksas under fire". France 24. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
19. "Basil Loses His 240 Million Worth Luxury Villa in Malwana". Colombo Telegraph. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
20. "Court stops auction on Basil's alleged land in Malwana - Breaking News | Daily Mirror".
21. "FCID illegal, therefore whole process not lawful, say counsel | the Sunday Times Sri Lanka".
22. "SB Defends Basil Over Divi Neguma Case". Colombo Telegraph. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
23. "Sri Lanka ex-leader's brother Basil Rajapaksa arrested". BBC News. 22 April 2015.
24. "Sri Lanka top court rules Rajapaksa brothers guilty of economic crisis". France 24. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

External links

• Business Today: Basil Rajapaksa The Force Unseen Archived 18 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• The Rajapaksa Ancestry
• Parliament profile

v t e ← Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2004 (2004)–2010) →
Speaker: W. J. M. Lokubandara Prime Minister: Mahinda Rajapaksa/Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Leader of the Opposition: Ranil Wickremesinghe
Central Province (24)	Kandy Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon A. R. M. Abdul Cader Mahindananda Aluthgamage Sarath Amunugama Tissa Attanayake Y. M. Nawaratna Banda M. H. A. Haleem D. M. Jayaratne Lakshman Kiriella Faiszer Musthapha Udawatte Nanda Thero Keheliya Rambukwella Matale Sujatha Alahakoon Alick Aluwihare Nandimithra Ekanayake Ranjith Aluwihare Rohana Dissanayake Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Nuwara Eliya P. Chandrasekaran Santhanam Arulsamy S. B. Dissanayake Renuka Herath N. D. N. P. Jayasinghe S. Jegadhiswaran C. B. Rathnayake Muthu Sivalingam Arumugam Thondaman
North Central Province (13)	Anuradhapura S. M. Chandrasena Duminda Dissanayake W. B. Ekanayake P. Harrison Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe Tissa Karalliyadde K. D. Lalkantha R. P. A. Ranaweera Pathirana Polonnaruwa Siripala Gamalath Earl Gunasekara Maithripala Sirisena S. K. Subasinghe C. A. Suriyaarachchi
North Eastern Province (31)	Ampara Ferial Ashraff A. L. M. Athaullah P. Dayaratna Cassim Faizal Rauff Hakeem A. M. M. Naushad K. Pathmanathan Thomas Thangathurai William L. G. Wasantha Piyatissa Batticaloa S. Jeyanandamoorthy Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai Thangeswary Kathiraman Kingsley Rasanayagam P. Ariyanethiran Ameer Ali Shihabdeen Jaffna Douglas Devananda S. Kajendran Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam Suresh Premachandran Nadarajah Raviraj N. Srikantha Mavai Senathirajah M. K. Shivajilingam Pathmini Sithamparanathan K. Sivanesan Solomon Cyril Trincomalee M. N. Abdul Majeed R. Sampanthan K. Thurairetnasingam Jayantha Wijesekara Vanni Selvam Adaikalanathan Sivasakthy Ananthan Rishad Bathiudeen S. Kanagaratnam S. Kishore Vino Noharathalingam
North Western Province (24)	Kurunegala Indika Bandaranayake Bandula Basnayake Rohitha Bogollagama Anura Kumara Dissanayake Salinda Dissanayake T. B. Ekanayake Johnston Fernando Jayarathna Herath Dayasiri Jayasekara Akila Viraj Kariyawasam M. D. Namal Karunaratne S. B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Bimal Rathnayaka Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Puttalam Palitha Range Bandara D. M. Dassanayake Piyankara Jayaratne Weerakumara Dissanayake Milroy Fernando Samansiri Herath Larine Perera Neomal Perera Dayasritha Tissera
Sabaragamuwa Province (19)	Kegalle Kabir Hashim Maheepala Herath H. R. Mithrapala Anuruddha Polgampala Lalith Dissanayake Champika Premadasa R. M. Gamini Rathnayake Rukman Senanayake Athauda Seneviratne Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Mano Wijeyeratne Ratnapura Thalatha Atukorale Dunesh Gankanda Deepal Gunasekara Achala Jagodage Premalal Jayasekara Susantha Punchinilame Jayatissa Ranaweera Mahinda Ratnatilaka John Seneviratne Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi
Southern Province (25)	Galle Vajira Abeywardena Amarasiri Dodangoda Chandima Weerakkody Piyasena Gamage Gayantha Karunathilaka Ajith Kumara Hemakumara Nanayakkara Lionel Premasiri Gunaratna Weerakoon Chandrasena Wijesinghe Thilakaratne Withanachchi Hambantota Mahinda Amaraweera Nihal Galappaththi Sajith Premadasa Chamal Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Nirupama Rajapaksa Vijitha Ranaweera Dilip Wedaarachchi Matara Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Chandrasiri Gajadeera Jinadasa Kitulagoda Pemasiri Manage Sagala Ratnayaka Mangala Samaraweera Mahinda Wijesekara
Uva Province (13)	Badulla Nimal Siripala de Silva W. J. M. Lokubandara Dilan Perera Ravindra Samaraweera M. Satchithanandan Lakshman Senewiratne Vadivel Suresh Samantha Vidyaratna Monaragala Dharmadasa Banda R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara R. M. Padma Udhaya Shantha Gunasekera Sumedha G. Jayasena A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara
Western Province (47)	Colombo Kotapola Amarakitti Thero Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi Uduwe Dhammaloka A. H. M. Fowzie Mano Ganesan Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Sunil Handunnetti Ravi Karunanayake Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge T. Maheswaran Mohamed Rajabdeen Mohamed Mahroof M. H. Mohamed Milinda Moragoda Susil Premajayantha Arjuna Ranatunga Kathaluwe Rathanaseeha Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero Wimal Weerawansa Ranil Wickremesinghe Gampaha Lasantha Alagiyawanna Siripala Amarasinghe Sarath Kumara Gunaratna John Amaratunga Anura Bandaranaike Sarana Gunawardena Pandu Bandaranaike Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Duleep Wijesekera Edward Gunasekara Vijitha Herath Karu Jayasuriya Jayalath Jayawardena Felix Perera Joseph Michael Perera Aparekke Punnananda Thero Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Sripathi Sooriyarachchi Reggie Ranatunga Neil Rupasinghe Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala Thero Alawwe Nandaloka Thero A. R. Anjan Umma Kalutara Rohitha Abeygunawardena Reginald Cooray Nirmala Kotalawala Nandana Gunathilake Sarath Ranawaka Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna Athuraliye Rathana Thero Mahinda Samarasinghe S. A. Jayantha Samaraweera Rajitha Senaratne Kumara Welgama Piyasiri Wijenayake
National List (29)	JHU Ellawala Medhananda Thero Omalpe Sobhitha Champika Ranawaka SLMC Hasen Ali TNA M. K. Eelaventhan Raseen Mohammed Imam Joseph Pararajasingham C. Chandrakanthan UNF Hussein Ahamed Bhaila K. N. Choksy Basheer Segu Dawood Rauff Hakeem Navin Dissanayake Abdul Baiz Kamardeen Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana M. Mohamed Musthaffa G. L. Peiris W. P. S. Pushpakumara V. Puththirasigamoney Ismail Mohammed Quddus S. Nijamudeen P. Radhakrishnan M. S. Sellasamy UPFA Ramalingam Chandrasekar D. E. W. Gunasekera Gitanjana Gunawardena M. H. Cegu Isadean Mohamed Ismail Anwar Ismail Basil Rajapaksa Lakshman Kadirgamar Dullas Alahapperuma J. A. Mary Lucida Mervyn Silva Janadasa Peiris Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Wasantha Samarasinghe V. Muralitharan Philipps Sri Liyanage Mohamed Mussammil Tissa Vitharana Wiswa Warnapala E. A. D. C. Weerasekera Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe

v t e ← Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2010 (2010)–2015 (2015)) →
Speaker: Chamal Rajapaksa Prime Minister: D. M. Jayaratne/Ranil Wickremesinghe Leader of the Opposition: Ranil Wickremesinghe/Nimal Siripala de Silva
Western	Colombo Sarath Fonseka (Jayantha Ketagoda) A. H. M. Fowzie Praba Ganeshan Mohan Lal Grero Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Sunil Handunnetti Ravi Karunanayake Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge Susil Premajayantha Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Champika Ranawaka Sujeewa Senasinghe Rosy Senanayake Duminda Silva Thilanga Sumathipala Wimal Weerawansa Ranil Wickremesinghe Gampaha Lasantha Alagiyawanna John Amaratunga Pandu Bandaranaike Sudarshani Fernandopulle Sarath Kumara Gunaratne Sarana Gunawardena Vijitha Herath Karu Jayasuriya Jayalath Jayawardena Ajith Mannapperuma Felix Perera Basil Rajapaksa Ruwan Ranatunga Athuraliye Rathana Wasantha Senanayake Mervyn Silva Upeksha Swarnamali Dulip Wijeysekara Ruwan Wijewardene Kalutara Rohitha Abeygunawardena Reginald Cooray Nirmala Kotalawala Ajith Perera Arjuna Ranatunga Mahinda Samarasinghe Rajitha Senaratne Palitha Thewarapperuma Kumara Welgama Vidura Wickremenayake
Central	Kandy Mahindananda Aluthgamage Dilum Amunugama Sarath Amunugama Abdul Cadar S. B. Dissanayake Rauff Hakeem M. H. A. Haleem Lakshman Kiriella Faiszer Musthapha Keheliya Rambukwella Lohan Ratwatte Eric Prasanna Weerawardhana Matale Wasantha Aluwihare Rohana Dissanayake Nandimithra Ekanayake Lakshman Wasantha Perera Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Nuwara Eliya Palani Digambaran Navin Dissanayake Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam Velusami Radhakrishnan Perumal Rajathurai C. B. Rathnayake Arumugam Thondaman
Southern	Galle Piyasena Gamage Sajin Vass Gunawardena Gayantha Karunathilaka Ajith Kumara Nishantha Muthuhettigamage Manusha Nanayakkara Ramesh Pathirana Mohan De Silva Chandima Weerakkody Gunaratna Weerakoon Matara Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Wijaya Dahanayake Chandrasiri Gajadeera Hemal Gunasekara Sanath Jayasuriya Buddhika Pathirana Mangala Samaraweera Hambantota Mahinda Amaraweera V. K. Indika Wehella Kankanamge Indika Sajith Premadasa Chamal Rajapaksa Namal Rajapaksa Nirupama Rajapaksa Dilip Wedaarachchi
Northern	Jaffna Silvestri Alantine Murugesu Chandrakumar Douglas Devananda Vijayakala Maheswaran Suresh Premachandran Eswarapatham Saravanapavan Mavai Senathirajah Sivagnanam Sritharan Appathurai Vinayagamoorthy Vanni Selvam Adaikalanathan Sivasakthy Ananthan Rishad Bathiudeen Hunais Farook Muthali Bawa Farook Noordeen Mashoor Vino Noharathalingam
Eastern	Batticaloa Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran Alim Mohamed Hisbulla Basheer Segu Dawood Pon Selvarasa Seeniththamby Yogeswaran Digamadulla A. L. M. Athaullah P. Dayaratna Cassim Faizal H. M. M. Harees Podiappuhamy Piyasena Sarath Weerasekara Sriyani Wijewickrama Trincomalee Susantha Punchinilame M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana Rajavarothiam Sampanthan M. S. Thowfeek
North Western	Kurunegala Ashoka Abeysinghe K. W. Shantha Bandara Indika Bandaranayake Tharanath Basnayaka Salinda Dissanayake T. B. Ekanayake Johnston Fernando Jayarathna Herath Nalin Bandara Dayasiri Jayasekara Akila Viraj Kariyawasam S.B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Neranjan Wickramasinghe Nimal Wijesinghe Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Puttalam Palitha Range Bandara Arundika Fernando Milroy Fernando Piyankara Jayaratne Niroshan Perera Neomal Perera Victor Anthony Perera Dayasritha Thissera
North Central	Anuradhapura Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe S. M. Chandrasena Duminda Dissanayake P. Weerakumara Dissanayake W. B. Ekanayake P. Harrison Tissa Karalliyadde Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana Asanka Shehan Semasinghe Polonnaruwa Earl Gunasekara Roshan Ranasinghe Siripala Gamalath Maithripala Sirisena Jayasinghe Bandara C. A. Suriyaarachchi
Uva	Badulla Lal Chamika Buddhadasa Nimal Siripala De Silva Harin Fernando Udith Lokubandara Dilan Perera Rohana Pushpakumara Lakshman Senewiratne Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage Monaragala Vijitha Berugoda Sumedha G. Jayasena R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara Gamini Vijith Wijithamuni De Zoysa
Sabaragamuwa	Ratnapura Thalatha Atukorale Dunesh Gankanda Premalal Jayasekara Vasudeva Nanayakkara Ranjan Ramanayake Sanee Rohana Kodithuvakku W. D. J. Senewiratne Ranjith de Zoysa Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Janaka Wakkumbura Kegalle Jagath Balasuriya Lalith Dissanayake Kanaka Herath Kabir Hashim H. R. Mithrapala Champika Premadasa Y. G. Padmasiri Athauda Seneviratne Ranjith Siyambalapitiya
National List	UPFA Dullas Alahapperuma A.H.M. Asvar Malini Fonseka Achala Jagodage D. M. Jayaratne D. E. W. Gunasekera Gitanjana Gunawardena Ellawala Medhananda Thero Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan G. L. Peiris Janaka Priyantha Bandara Kamala Ranathunga Muthu Sivalingam J. R. P. Suriyapperuma Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Rajiva Wijesinha Tissa Vitharana UNF Hasen Ali M. S. M. Aslam Tissa Attanayake Harsha de Silva Anoma Gamage M. Joseph Michael Perera D. M. Swaminathan Eran Wickramaratne Ramaiah Yogarajan DNA Tiran Alles Anura Kumara Dissanayake TNA M. A. Sumanthiran

v t e ← Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2020 (2020)–2024 (2024)) →
Speaker: Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Prime Minister: Mahinda Rajapaksa/Ranil Wickremesinghe/Dinesh Gunawardena/Harini Amarasuriya Leader of the Opposition: Sajith Premadasa
Central (25)	Kandy (12) Dilum Amunugama Mahindananda Aluthgamage Lohan Ratwatte Anuradha Jayaratne Keheliya Rambukwella Wasantha Yapa Bandara Gunathilaka Rajapaksha Udayana Kirindigoda Rauff Hakeem M. H. A. Haleem M. Velu Kumar Lakshman Kiriella Matale (5) Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Nalaka Kottegoda Pramitha Tennakoon Rohana Dissanayake Rohini Kumari Wijerathna Nuwara Eliya (8) Jeevan Thondaman C. B. Ratnayake S. B. Dissanayake Marudapandy Rameshwaran Nimal Piyatissa Palani Digambaran Velusami Radhakrishnan Mailvaganam Udayakumar
Eastern (16)	Ampara (7) A. L. M. Athaullah Wimalaweera Dissanayake Cassim Faizal H. M. M. Harees Muszhaaraff Muthunabeen Thilak Rajapaksha D. Weerasingha Batticaloa (5) Rahul Rajapuththiran Kovinthan Karunakaram Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Sathasivam Viyalendiran Trincomalee (4) Shariff Thowfeek Imran Maharoof Kapila Athukorala R. Sampanthan K. S. Kugathasan M. A. M. Maharoof Susantha Punchinilame
Northern (13)	Jaffna (7) S. Sritharan M. A. Sumanthiran D. Siddarthan Gankesar Ponnambalam Angajan Ramanathan Douglas Devananda Vishwalingam Vickneshwaran Vanni (6) Charles Nirmalanathan Selvam Adaikalanathan S. Noharathalingam K. Kader Masthan Rishad Bathiudeen Kulasingam Thileepan
North Central (14)	Anuradhapura (9) S. M. Chandrasena Channa Jayasumana Uddika Premarathna S.C. Muthukumarana Asanka Shehan Semasinghe Duminda Dissanayake K. H. Nandasena K. P. S. Kumarasiri Ishak Rahuman Rohana Bandara Polonnaruwa (5) Maithripala Sirisena Roshan Ranasinghe Siripala Gamalath Amarakeerthi Athukorala Jagath Samarawickrama Kins Nelson
North Western (24)	Kurunegala (15) Mahinda Rajapaksa Johnston Fernando Gunapala Rathnasekara Dayasiri Jayasekara Asanka Navarathna Samanpriya Herath D. B. Herath Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Jayarathna Herath Shantha Bandara Sumith Udukumbura Nalin Bandara J. C. Alawathuwala Ashoka Abeysinghe Thushara Indunil Puttalam (9) Sanath Nishantha Jagath Priyankara Piyankara Jayaratne Arundika Fernando Chinthaka Mayadunne Ashoka Priyantha Hector Appuhamy Niroshan Nanayakkara Niroshan Perera Ali Sabri Raheem
Sabaragamuwa (20)	Kegalle (9) Kanaka Herath Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Tharaka Balasuriya Rajika Wickramasinghe Dushmantha Mithrapala Udayakantha Gunathilaka Sudath Manjula Kabir Hashim Sujith Sanjaya Perera Ratnapura (11) Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Premalal Jayasekara Janaka Wakkumbura Gamini Waleboda Akila Ellawala Vasudeva Nanayakkara Muditha Prishanthi John Seneviratne Hesha Withanage Priyantha Liyanage Thalatha Atukorale Karu Paranawithana
Southern (25)	Galle (9) Ramesh Pathirana Chaminda Sampath Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva Chandima Weerakkody Isuru Dodangoda Shan Wijayalal De Silva Geetha Kumarasinghe Gayantha Karunathilaka Manusha Nanayakkara Bandula Lal Bandarigoda Hambantota (7) Namal Rajapaksa D. V. Chanaka Mahinda Amaraweera Chamal Rajapaksa Upul Galappaththi Ajith Rajapakse Dilip Wedaarachchi Matara (7) Nipuna Ranawaka Karunadasa Kodithuwakku Dullas Alahapperuma Kanchana Wijesekera Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Weerasumana Weerasinghe Buddhika Pathirana
Uva (13)	Badulla (9) Nimal Siripala de Silva Sudarshana Denipitiya Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage Chamara Sampath Dassanayake Dilan Perera Chaminda Thisakutti Vadivel Suresh A. Aravind Kumar Chaminda Wijesiri Nayana Wasalathilake Monaragala (6) Shasheendra Rajapaksa Kumarasiri Rathnayake Vijitha Berugoda Jagath Pushpakumara Gayashan Nawananda W. H. M. Dharmasena
Western (47)	Colombo (19) Sarath Weerasekara Wimal Weerawansa Udaya Gammanpila Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Bandula Gunawardane Predeep Saman Kumara Dinesh Gunawardena Madhura Withanage Premnath C. Dolawaththa Gamini Lokuge Susil Premajayantha Jagath Kumara Sajith Premadasa S. M. Marikkar Mujibur Rahman A. H. M. Fowzie Harsha de Silva Patali Champika Ranawaka M. Ganeshan Anura Kumara Dissanayake Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi Gampaha (18) Nalaka Godahewa Prasanna Ranatunga Indika Anuruddha Sisira Jayakody Nimal Lanza Sahan Pradeep Withana Sudarshani Fernandopulle Prasanna Ranaweera Harshani Gunawardhana Lasantha Alagiyawanna Nalin Ruwanjiwa Fernando Milan Sajith Jayathilake Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha Sarath Fonseka Ranjan Ramanayake Ajith Mannapperuma Harshana Rajakaruna Kavinda Jayawardena Vijitha Herath Kalutara (10) Vidura Wickremanayake Rohitha Abeygunawardena Sanjeeva Edirimanna Piyal Nishantha S.A. Jayantha Anupa Pasqual Lalith Ellawala Rajitha Senaratne Mahinda Samarasinghe Lalith Warnakumara Kumara Welgama
National List (29)	SLPFA (17) G. L. Peiris Sagara Kariyawasam Ajith Nivard Cabraal Jayantha Ketagoda Ali Sabry Jayantha Weerasinghe Manjula Dissanayake Ranjith Bandara Charitha Herath Gevindu Kumaratunga A. J. M. Muzammil Tissa Vitharana Yadamini Gunawardena Suren Raghavan Tiran Alles Seetha Arambepola Jayantha Ketagoda Basil Rajapaksa Dhammika Perera Marjan Faleel SJB (7) Harin Fernando Tissa Attanayake Ranjith Madduma Bandara Mayantha Dissanayake Eran Wickramaratne Imthiaz Bakeer Markar Diana Gamage Mujibur Rahman NPP (1) Harini Amarasuriya TNA (1) T. Kalaiarasan TNPF (1) Selvarasa Gajenthiran OPPP (1) Athuraliye Rathana Thero UNP (1) Ranil Wickremesinghe Vajira Abeywardena

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