Rajapaksa family

==Related families==

===Dissanayake===
2. '''Samarasinghe Dissanayake'''

:2.1. '''Dandina Samarasinghe Dissanayake''' + '''[[D. A. Rajapaksa|Don Alwin Rajapaksa]]''' (1905-1967), Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Government Minister, Member of Parliament for Beliatta (1947-60, 1960-65)

::See Family tree above for descendants

:2.2. '''Nanda Samarasinghe Dissanayake'''* (d.2012)<ref>{{cite news|title=Funeral of Mrs Nanda Weeratunga today|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2012/05/13/new12.asp|newspaper=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=13 May 2012}}</ref> + '''Wilbert Weeratunga'''
::2.2.1. '''[[Udayanga Weeratunga]]''', Ambassador to the Russian Federation<ref>{{cite news|last=Gunasekara|first=Tisaranee|title=Indifference And Intolerance In A Disabling-State|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/06/03/indifference-and-intolerance-in-a-disabling-state/|newspaper=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=3 June 2012}}</ref>
::2.2.2. '''Ramani Weeratunga'''
::2.2.3. '''Dayani Weeratunga'''
::2.2.4. '''Gayani Weeratunga'''
:2.3. '''Samarasinghe Dissanayake''' + '''Kanthi Wakkumbura'''

===Wickremasinghe===
3. [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] '''[[E. P. Wickremasinghe]]''' + '''Violet Wickramasinghe''' (died 2008)<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituaries|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/03/26/main_Obituaries.asp|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=26 March 2008}}</ref>

:3.1. '''Nishantha Wickramasinghe''', Chairman of [[SriLankan Airlines]],<ref>{{cite news|title=House of First Lady's brother looted|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/breaking-news/item/7047-house-of-first-ladys-brother-looted.html|newspaper=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)]]|date=10 June 2012}}</ref> Chairman of [[Mihin Lanka]]
::3.1.1. '''Dilshan Wickramasinghe''', CEO of Asset Networks (Pvt) Ltd/Asset Holdings (Pvt) Ltd<ref>{{cite news|last=Kannangara|first=Nirmala|title=More nepotism in IT contracts|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20091011/banner-L.HTM|newspaper=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=11 October 2009}}</ref>
::3.1.2. '''Shehan Wickramasinghe''' , SLAF Pilot.

:3.2. '''[[Shiranthi Rajapaksa]] (b. 1947)''' (née Wickremasinghe)** + '''[[Mahinda Rajapaksa]]''' (b. 1945), President (2005-), Prime Minister (2004-05), Minister of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development (2000-01), Leader of Opposition (2002-04), Chief Opposition Whip (2001-02), Member of Parliament for Beliatta (1970-77), Member of Parliament for Hambantota District (1989-2005)

:::See Family tree above for descendants

:3.3. '''Srimal Wickramasinghe''', Deputy Chief of Mission and Minister at Embassy in Vienna<ref>{{cite news|title=Rajapaksas's roller coaster relations with the Foreign Ministry|url=http://www.lankanewsweb.com/LNWArchives/EN_Behind_the_scence/BTS_09_07_29_001.html|newspaper=Lanka News Web|date=29 July 2009}}</ref>
::3.3.1. '''Tishan Wickramasinghe'''
::3.3.2. '''Mishan Wickramasinghe'''

===Other relatives===
* [[Sathya Hettige]], [[Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka]] (2011-2014)<ref>{{cite web|title=Crisis in filling vacancies in the Supreme Court!|url=http://lankanewsweb.net/exclusive/7354-crisis-in-filling-vacancies-in-the-supreme-court|accessdate=8 August 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811005934/http://lankanewsweb.net/exclusive/7354-crisis-in-filling-vacancies-in-the-supreme-court|archivedate=11 August 2014}}</ref>
* Janaka Wakkumbura, Member of Parliament for Kalawana, Ratnapura District