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Rohitha Rajapaksa (born 15 June 1989) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and media personality. He is the youngest son of Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. He has two elder brothers – Namal and Yoshitha.

He was a member of the Sri Lanka Navy Rugby team.

He attended S Thomas college in Mt.Lavinia, and completed his bachelor's degree in engineering in Aeronautical Engineering. Later his Masters in Engineering in Space System Engineering from University of Southampton. He obtained a M.Phil. in Mathematical Optimization of Space Debris Mitigation and Strategy Analysis From the University of Colombo.

He made his List A cricket debut on 27 October 2021, for Kalutara Town Club in the 2021–22 Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament.

See also

• Rajapaksa family

References

1. "Rohitha Rajapaksa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
2. "Rohitha Rajapaksha aiming at cricket administration?". Hiru News. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
3. Perera, Amantha (13 April 2022). "The Long Reach of Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa Dynasty". Time. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010.
4. "Group A, Welisara, Oct 27 2021, Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
5. "Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's son Rohitha Rajapaksha makes cricket debut". News Center. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

External links

• Rohitha Rajapaksa at ESPNcricinfo

v t e Mahinda Rajapaksa
6th President of Sri Lanka (2005–2015) 13th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2004–2005), (2018), (2019–2022) Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Kurunegala (2015–2024) Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Hambantota (1989–2005) Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Beliatta (1970–1977)
Presidency	13th Sri Lankan Parliament 14th Sri Lankan Parliament Cabinets Sri Lankan Civil War Eelam War IV War crimes Assassination of Lasantha Wickrematunge 2011 Sri Lanka worker protests Impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake
Post-presidency	2015 alleged Sri Lankan coup d'état attempt 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis Premiership 16th Sri Lankan Parliament Cabinets First Second Third 2019 economic crisis 2022 Sri Lankan protests 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis
Electoral history	Parliamentary 1970 1977 1989 1994 2000 2001 2004 2015 2020 Presidential 2005 2010 2015
Family	Shiranthi Rajapaksa (spouse) Namal Rajapaksa (son) Yoshitha Rajapaksa (son) Rohitha Rajapaksa (son) D. A. Rajapaksa (father) Chamal Rajapaksa (brother) Shashindra Rajapaksa (nephew) Gotabaya Rajapaksa (brother) Basil Rajapaksa (brother) D. M. Rajapaksa (uncle) Lakshman Rajapaksa (cousin) George Rajapaksa (cousin)
Related	Medamulana Walawwa
Maithripala Sirisena →

• 1989 births
• Living people
• Sri Lankan cricketers
• Sri Lankan rugby union players
• Kalutara Town Club cricketers
• Cricketers from Colombo
• Rajapaksa family
• Children of presidents of Sri Lanka
• Children of prime ministers of Sri Lanka