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Nov 15, 2023 · Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has issued a symbolic ruling that the powerful Rajapaksa brothers – including two ex-presidents – were guilty of triggering the island’s worst financial crisis by ...
Jul 9, 2022 · But it was Mahinda Rajapaksa, his son, who helped cement the family’s ascent to prominence, rising to become prime minister and then a two-term presidency from 2005 to 2015.
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 9, 2022 · But it was Mahinda Rajapaksa, his son, who helped cement the family’s ascent to prominence, rising to become prime minister and then a two-term presidency from 2005 to 2015.
May 9, 2022 · Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned following weeks of protests demanding that he and his brother, the president, step down over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades ...
May 9, 2022 · The Rajapaksa family has dominated Sri Lankan politics in recent years. Mahinda, 76, was first elected to parliament 1970. He previously served as president for a decade, and prime minister twice.
Jul 13, 2022 · Its grip on power began when Mahinda Rajapaksa, the elder brother of Gotabaya, was appointed prime minister in 2004. "Mahinda turned out to be a man with a populist touch who was good at sensing ...
