Age, Biography and Wiki
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe was born on 16 March, 1959 in Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. Discover Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?
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64 years old |
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Pisces |
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16 March 1959 |
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16 March |
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Sri Lanka |
| Nationality |
Sri Lankan
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Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Height, Weight & Measurements
At 64 years old, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe height not available right now. We will update Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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| Children |
Rakitha Rajapakshe |
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe worth at the age of 64 years old? Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe’s income source is mostly from being a successful lawyer. He is from Sri Lankan. We have estimated Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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lawyer |
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Social Network
Timeline
Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, MP, PC (born 16 March 1959) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician.
In May 2004 he was appointed as a Member of Parliament to represent the ruling Party, Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and was offered the Ministry of Constitutional Affairs which was refused by him.
Later he continued as the only Member of Parliament on the government side, without holding any portfolio.
Following the 2005 presidential elections, President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed him as the Minister of State Banking Development in November 2005, but he resigned in April 2006 on a matter of policy.
He also resigned from the post of the party organiser in the Maharagama electorate.
Thereafter he was elected the Chairman of the Committee On Public Enterprises in July 2006 and presented the first report in January 2007, which led to serious controversies both local and overseas.
highlighting corruption in the public sector.
In 2007, LMD magazine named him "Sri Lankan of the year 2007".
In 2010, he was elected to Parliament from the Colombo District.
In 2012, he was elected President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka.
During his tenure he led the Bar Association in support of former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake during her impeachment.
He is the current Minister of Justice and previously served in the same ministry from 2015 to 2017.
Following the 2015 presidential election he was appointed Minister of Justice.
In 2017, he was sacked from his ministerial position by President Maithripala Sirisena at the request by the United National Party due to his views against the privatisation and involvement of the judiciary by the government.
He was the Prime Minister's nominee for the Constitutional Council (Sri Lanka) During the 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis, he had briefly served as the Minister of Education and Higher Education and his post was suspended by the court in 2018.
He was appointed Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs in May 2018.
In 2018, with the on set of the 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis, he was appointed to the new cabinet of ministers headed by Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Minister of Education and Higher Education in October 2018.
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe was appointed Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms by in May 2022 by Gotabaya Rajapaksa and continued in this capacity under Ranil Wickremesinghe.
In August 2023, he confirmed that the owners of X-Press Pearl had agreed to pay compensation of USD 878,000 and LKR 16 Million after the Government of Sri Lanka had initially claimed USD 40 million in 2021.
This was after earlier that year, when he had claimed that local official had been bribed by the insurer of the tanker MV X-Press Pearl.
