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Website. Official website. Mahinda Rajapaksa ( Sinhala: මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ; Tamil: மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015; the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2005, 2018, and ...
May 27, 2024 · Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan politician who served as president of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015 and as prime minister from 2019 to 2022. His presidency oversaw the end of the country’s civil war (1983–2009) and was marked by large investments in infrastructure projects. The most famous was a port in Hambantota.
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May 9, 2022 · By Skandha Gunasekara and Mujib Mashal. May 9, 2022. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s prime minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, resigned on Monday with his country in economic free fall, bowing to ...
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Jul 15, 2022 · One family of brothers has dominated for years: Mahinda Rajapaksa became a hero among the majority Sinhalese in 2009 when his government defeated Tamil separatist rebels after years of bitter and ...
May 9, 2022 · Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned amid mass protests at the government's handling of a deepening economic crisis. The move came as the island was placed under curfew after ...
Jul 13, 2022 · A series of top political resignations left the president and his brother, then-Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, further isolated. The mass demonstrations culminated in hundreds of protesters occupying the palaces of the president and prime minister on Saturday, partying at the estates and setting the latter on fire in recent days.
Jul 15, 2022 · The ousted president fled to Singapore after facing mass demonstrations over his mismanagement of the economy. His resignation paves the way for parliament to elect a new leader, possibly acting PM Ranil Wickremesinghe.
