Nirupama Rajapaksa | |
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| Deputy Minister of Water Supply & Drainage | |
| In office 2010–2015 | |
| Member of Parliament forHambantota District | |
| In office 2005–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| In office 1994–2000 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-04-13)13 April 1962 (age 63) |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan citizenship |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Other political affiliations | United People's Freedom Alliance |
| Spouse | Thirukaran Nadeshan |
| Relations | shyamlal Rajapaksa brother, |
| Parent(s) | George Rajapaksa (deceased) (father) Lalitha Rajapaksa (mother) |
| Residence(s) | 95 Horton Place, Colombo 07,Colombo,Western Province,Sri Lanka. |
Nirupama Deepika Rajapaksa (born 13 April 1962) is aSri Lankan politician, a former member of theParliament of Sri Lanka[1] and a former deputy minister.
Rajapaksa, herself aSinhaleseBuddhist, is married to an ethnicTamilHindu, Thirukkumaran Nadesan.[citation needed]
She is the niece of former Sri Lankan President and later Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa. Her late fatherGeorge and Mahinda were first cousins (her late paternal grandfather,D. M. Rajapaksa and their late father,D. A. Rajapaksa were brothers).[2]
She served as a deputy minister of water supply and drainage during the presidency ofMahinda Rajapaksa between 2010 and 2015.
Her name was mentioned in thePandora Papers which were leaked to the public in October 2021.[3] Portions of the Papers revealed that she and her husband controlled a shell company they used to make investments and buy luxury apartments in London and Sydney.[4][5] Nadesan set up other shell companies and trusts in secrecy jurisdictions, and he used them with the intention to obtain lucrative consulting contracts from foreign companies doing business with the Sri Lankan government and to buy artwork.[6] Many reports related the fraudulent efforts as part of Rajapksa family's undisclosed wealth in offshore countries.[7][8]The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) reported that Rajapaksa and Nadesan declined to answer its questions about their trusts and companies.
On 5 April during the ongoing2022 Sri Lankan protests against the Sri Lankan government she left the country toDubai.[9]
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