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Mahinda Rajapaksa ( Sinhala: මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ; Tamil: மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician.
May 27, 2024 · Mahinda Rajapaksa (born November 18, 1945, Weeraketiya, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as president of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015, during which time he oversaw the end of the country’s civil war (1983–2009), and later served as prime minister (2019–22).
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May 9, 2022 · COLOMBO: Violence raged across Sri Lanka late into the night on Monday (May 9), with five people dead and about 180 injured as prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa quit after weeks of protests.
Jul 15, 2022 · Sri Lanka's speaker of parliament, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, said on Friday that he accepted Mr Rajapaksa's resignation, which he received late on Thursday.
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...
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 months of protests in a significant blow to the...
Mahinda Rajapaksa - The New York Times. Sri Lanka’s Former President Ordered to Pay Victims of 2019 Bombings. A Supreme Court ruling denounced former President Maithripala Sirisena and some of...
