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Basil Rohana Rajapaksa (known as ''Basil Rajapaksa'') is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of parliament for the Gampaha District. He was the previous National Organizer of Sri Lanka Freedom Party and former Cabinet Minister of Economic Development in President Mahinda Rajapakse's Government. He served as a presidential senior advisor and member of parliament from the national list in the first Rajapaksa administration. He was elected to parliament in April 2010, obtaining the highest number of preferential votes in the county at the 2010 general election. Rajapaksa was subsequently appointed Cabinet Minister of Economic Development.〔(New Cabinet sworn in ) Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 23 April 2010.〕 He hails from a well known political family in Sri Lanka. His father, D. A. Rajapaksa, was a prominent politician, independence agitator, Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister of Agriculture and Land in Wijeyananda Dahanayake's government. He is a younger brother of the former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and another brother, Gothabaya Rajapaksa, was the powerful defense secretary in the Mahinda Rajapaksa government. Furthermore, his older brother serves as the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He had his secondary education at Isipathana College and Ananda College Colombo. On 11 January 2015, immediately after Mahinda Rajapksa lost the presidential election, Basil Rajapaksa left Sri Lanka to the United States, where he is a naturalized citizen.〔( Basil Rajapaksa Leaves to His Homeland. ). Sri Lanka Guardian. Retrieved on 22 April 2015.〕 After returning on 21 April 2015, he was arrested by the Sri Lankan authorities for misappropriation of funds. ==Political career== At the 1977 General Elections, he contested Mulkirigala Electorate from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party but was defeated.〔( 1977 Parliamentary Elections Results ).〕 Basil Rajapaksa later Campaigned for first executive President J.R. Jayewardene against SLFP in 1982 Referendum and later joined the United National Party,〔( Can Basil rescue Mahinda’s sinking ship? ).〕 May 1983 Mulkirigala by- election he campaigned for UNP and worked as UNP election agent.〔( Rajapaksa patriarch and ex-police inspector set to police Parliament ).〕 Later he worked under Gamini Dissanayake and left to the United States soon after Ranasinghe Premadasa’s impeachment collapsed. Rajapaksa has gained enormous experience over the years, which would lead him to lead the country. He has got a historical victory number of votes (400000 +) in parliamentary election 2010. During the war against Tamil tigers (LTTE), Basil Rajapaksa played a major role to control the political stability to his brother President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Rajapaksa is accused of striking a deal with the LTTE to bring his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa to power. As per WikiLeaks, Basil Rajapaksa has undermined the security forces several times with the US Ambassador Robert O.Blake and Patricia A. Butenis between October 2006 and November 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Basil Rajapaksa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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