Morris Rajapaksa (b. - d. 1995) was the
3rd
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* Second#Sexagesimal divisions of calendar time and day, 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (d ...
Chief Minister
A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...
of
Western Province. He was appointed on 22 August 1994 succeeding
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga ( si, චන්ද්රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක කුමාරතුංග, ta, சந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்க குமாரதுங்க; born 29 Ju ...
, after she was elected as
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
The Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the head and most senior member of parliament in the cabinet of ministers. It is the second-most powerful position in Sri Lanka's executive branch behind the president, wh ...
. Rajapaska served as Chief Minister until his death on 11 July 1995. He was succeeded by
Susil Premajayanth.
Rajapaksa was an Attorney-at-Law, a member of the Bar Council and was the Treasurer and Vice President of the Colombo Magistrate Courts Lawyer's Association.
References
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Chief Ministers of Western Province, Sri Lanka
1995 deaths
Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians
20th-century Sri Lankan lawyers