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Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, RWP, RSP (Sinhala: නන්දසේන ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ; Tamil: நந்தசேன கோட்டாபய ராஜபக்ஷ; born 20 June 1949) is a former Sri Lankan politician and military officer, who served as the eighth President of Sri Lanka from 18 November 2019 until his ...
Jul 1, 2024 · Gotabaya Rajapaksa (born June 20, 1949, Palatuwa, Matara district, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan military officer and politician who served as secretary to the Ministry of Defense (2005–15) during the final years of the country’s civil war and later as president (2019–22).
Jul 13, 2022 · President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled Sri Lanka on a military jet, amid mass protests over the island's economic crisis. The country's air force confirmed the 73-year-old flew to the Maldives...
Sri Lanka's parliament has accepted ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation, ending rule by a family that wielded power for nearly 20 years. Mr Rajapaksa quit after fleeing to...
Jul 13, 2022 · In the early hours of Wednesday, embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa made a hurried exit from the South Asian nation, days after thousands of angry protesters broke into his official...
Jul 11, 2022 · Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has confirmed he will resign, the prime minister's office has said, after tens of thousands of protesters stormed the official residences of both men. Sri...
Jul 15, 2022 · Sri Lanka's parliament has accepted ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation, ending rule by a family that wielded power for nearly 20 years. Mr Rajapaksa quit after fleeing to...
Jul 15, 2022 · President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s exit brings a dramatic end to the clan’s rule for more than 20 years, leaving a country in deep political and economic crises.
Jul 14, 2022 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka, who fled his country early Wednesday after months of fervent protests blaming him for the country’s economic collapse and...
May 13, 2022 · Sri Lanka’s civil war started in 1983, a traumatic conflict that would kill about 100,000. Gotabaya fought early military offensives before a spell in the US, returning after Mahinda became ...
Nov 25, 2019 · Sri Lanka's new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is a man who divides opinion. On the one hand, he is hailed by supporters for playing a crucial role in crushing the Tamil Tiger separatist...
Jul 14, 2022 · COLOMBO/SINGAPORE, July 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa submitted a letter of resignation on Thursday, a spokesperson for the parliament speaker said, hours after fleeing...
Apr 6, 2022 · On Tuesday night, Mr Rajapaksa lifted controversial state of emergency measures following further protests, the departure of several government lawmakers and the resignation of his finance...
Jul 13, 2022 · July 13 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who oversaw a ruthless crushing of Tamil Tiger guerrillas to end a long-running civil war and went on to become president, had been due to step...
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a Sri Lankan politician and former military officer who served as the 8th president of Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022, initiated a self-imposed exile on 13 July 2022, following widespread protests led by civilians demanding his resignation, triggered by extensive discontent over his handling of the country's economic crisis.
Mar 7, 2024 · Two years after his dramatic ouster from office by a popular people’s movement, Sri Lanka’s former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has sought to defend his tainted regime, by launching a book that...
Apr 12, 2022 · Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the president, is fighting for his political life against a spontaneous wave of public discontent. Image People protesting last month in Colombo against the high prices of...
Jul 16, 2022 · Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned Thursday by email, after a herculean people-power movement fueled by anger over corruption and massive inflation toppled his government.
Sep 2, 2022 · Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled abroad after mass protests in July, has returned to the country. Mr Rajapaksa had been staying in Thailand on a temporary visa and flew...
Sep 2, 2022 · Runaway former Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned to Colombo early on Saturday, Sri Lankan airport and security officials confirmed. The move threatens to reignite tensions in...
Nov 17, 2019 · As a former Army officer who served as Sri Lanka’s defence secretary when his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa was President, Gotabaya led the military campaign against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam between 2007 and 2009, which ended with the final defeat of the Tigers, and the killing of its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.
Jul 10, 2022 · Gotabaya appeared to believe that his image as the “saviour” of the country from terrorism — he was Defence Secretary in his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government at the time of the LTTE’s military defeat in 2009 — would see him through. So, is this the political end of the President?
2 days ago · Notably, Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the eighth President of Sri Lanka in July 2022, when then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned from the post. Wickremesinghe has retained United National Party (UNP) leadership since 1994 despite various challenges, Daily Mirror reported.
Apr 4, 2022 · Sri Lanka's cabinet and central bank governor have all quit as anger grows over rising food and fuel prices. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has invited all parties to be a part of a new...
The last direct presidential elections held in Sri Lanka were in 2019, where SLPP candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa won the election in a landslide victory, defeating his main opponent Sajith Premadasa. Rajapaksa would eventually resign on 14 July 2022 amidst the 2022 Sri Lankan protests. This triggered an indirect presidential election via Parliament a week later, to elect a successor according to the Article 40 of the Constitution. Then-incumbent Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was ...
2 days ago · Wickremesinghe stepped in to become prime minister in May 2022 when the country suffered its economic crisis where tens of thousands got into the streets demanding the resignation of the then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Rajapaksa relented after three months of public protest to flee the country and resign.
3 days ago · Wickremesinghe, who is leader of the United National Party (UNP), took office in July 2022 after widespread protests caused by a debilitating financial crisis forced his predecessor Gotabaya ...
Rajapaksa relented after three months of public protest to flee the country and resign. Wickremesinghe was then appointed president through parliament with support coming from Rajapaksa’s SLPP.
