D. A. Rajapaksa

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D. A. Rajapaksa was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and patriarch of the Rajapaksa political family, instrumental in shaping mid-20th-century nationalist and rural-focused politics in the country.

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D. A. Rajapaksa canonical 2
D. M. Rajapaksa 1
Don Alwin Rajapaksa 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sri Lankan politician
human
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Basil Rajapaksa
Chamal Rajapaksa
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa
commemoratedBy D. A. Rajapaksa Museum
D. A. Rajapaksa statue in Tangalle
countryOfCitizenship Ceylon
linked to: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka
dateOfBirth 1905-11-05
dateOfDeath 1967-11-07
electoralDistrictRepresented Beliatta
era mid-20th century
ethnicGroup Sinhalese
familyName Rajapaksa
linked to: D. A. Rajapaksa
fullName Don Alwin Rajapaksa
linked to: D. A. Rajapaksa
givenName Don Alwin
hasRelative Namal Rajapaksa
Shiranthi Rajapaksa
languageSpoken Sinhala
memberOf Parliament of Ceylon
State Council of Ceylon
memberOfPoliticalParty Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
notableFamily Rajapaksa family
linked to: Basil Rajapaksa
notableRole Patriarch of the Rajapaksa political family
notableWork Advocacy of Sinhala nationalist politics in mid-20th-century Ceylon
Promotion of rural development in southern Sri Lanka
numberOfChildren 9
placeOfBirth Medamulana
Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Weeraketiya
placeOfDeath Colombo
politicalIdeology Sri Lankan nationalism
rural-focused populism
positionHeld Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Lands
Member of Parliament of Ceylon
Member of State Council of Ceylon
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Lands
regionOfActivity Southern Province, Sri Lanka
religion Buddhism
residence Medamulana Walawwa
spouse Dandina Samarasinghe Dissanayake

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Sri Lanka Freedom Party foundedBy D. A. Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka Freedom Party foundedBy D. M. Rajapaksa
linked to: D. A. Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka Freedom Party hasNotableLeader D. A. Rajapaksa
D. A. Rajapaksa fullName Don Alwin Rajapaksa
linked to: D. A. Rajapaksa
D. A. Rajapaksa familyName Rajapaksa
linked to: D. A. Rajapaksa