Shiranthi Rajapaksa

Shiranthi Wickremesinghe Rajapaksa (Sinhala: ශිරන්ති රාජපක්ෂ) (born 23 January 1953) is a Sri Lankan Child Psychologist who was the First Lady of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015. She is married to Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Honourable Shiranthi Rajapaksa ශිරන්ති රාජපක්ෂ
First Lady of Sri Lanka
In role 19 November 2005 – 9 January 2015
Preceded by	Wimalawathi Kumarihami
Succeeded by	Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari
Personal details
Born	Shiranthi Wickramasinghe 23 January 1953 Badulla, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Spouse(s)	Mahinda Rajapaksa (m. 1983)
Children	Namal Rajapaksa Yoshitha Rajapaksa Rohitha Rajapaksa
Alma mater	Holy Family Convent, Colombo
Occupation	Child Psychologist

Education

Shiranthi Rajapaksa completed her primary and secondary education at Holy Family Convent, Colombo.

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.

Thajudeen murder

Mrs. Rajapaksa was grilled by the Sri Lankan CID together with her son Yoshitha for the Thajudeen murder. The rugby player who met with a deadly car crash was first deemed to have been an accident but was later proven to have been tortured and murdered. Mrs. Rajapaksa's jeep owned by Siriliya Saviya Foundation was suspected on the issue to use for the murder.[2][3]

See also

• Miss Universe 1973
• Miss World 1973

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
2. http://www.dailynews.lk/2017/08/15/local/125188/thajudeen-murder-shiranthi-yoshitha-be-grilled-today
3. http://www.adaderana.lk/news/42527/thajudeens-murder-shiranthi-rajapaksa-summoned-for-questioning

External links

• The Miss World 1973
• A gift from the First Lady