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1. www.britannica.com › biography › Gotabaya-RajapaksaGotabaya Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka, Family, & Biography

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   May 10, 2024 · Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan military officer and politician who played a pivotal role in ending the country’s civil war (1983–2009) through an escalation in violence and who served as president (2019–22). He was appointed secretary to the Ministry of Defense in 2005 after his brother Mahinda became president.

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4. www.deccanherald.com › world › sri-lankas-supremeSri Lanka's Supreme Court summons Gotabaya Rajapaksa over ...

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   May 17, 2024 · World news Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Colombo, May 17 (PTI) Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Friday issued a summons to former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa over his granting of a...

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   5 days ago · The SLPP was forced to elect arch-rival Wickremesinghe to serve the balance term of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. One of the SLPP Members of Parliament was killed by an angry mob. The properties of nearly 100 other party seniors were set on fire in the outpouring of public outrage over their inability to handle the economic crisis.

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7. www.ft.lk › ft_view__editorial › The-May-2022The May 2022 renaissance that never was | Daily FT

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   May 13, 2024 · After just two years of the disastrous Gotabaya Rajapaksa administration the people of the country forced the mighty Rajapaksa edifice to collapse. The first monumental event of this was the resignation of prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa from office on 9 May 2022 and his fleeing to the Trincomalee naval base for safety.

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   5 days ago · In 2019, Gotabaya Rajapaksa was voted to power after the bomb blasts of April the same year. But in less than three years, a people’s uprising, largely peaceful, threw him out. Wickremesinghe lost in the parliamentary election in 2020 but still entered the parliament as the UNP nominee; his party had secured enough votes to nominate one ...

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   Who is Gotabaya Rajapaksa?

   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Gotabaya Rajapaksa (born June 20, 1949, Palatuwa, Matara district, Sri Lanka) 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).

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   What happened to Gotabaya Rajapaksa?

   • In 2019, Gotabaya Rajapaksa was voted to power after the bomb blasts of April the same year. But in less than three years, a people’s uprising, largely peaceful, threw him out.

   Sri Lanka: Is it time for change?

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   Did Rajapaksa grant a pardon to a Tamil soldier?

   • Colombo, May 17 (PTI) Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Friday issued a summons to former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa over his granting of a presidential pardon to a soldier who was convicted for killing eight ethnic Tamils, including a child, in 2000.

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   Where did Gotabaya Rajapaksa go to school?

   • After finishing his secondary education at Ananda College in Colombo, Gotabaya Rajapaksa joined the Sri Lankan army in 1971. He underwent training and coursework in India (at Wellington), in Pakistan (at Rawalpindi and Quetta ), and in the United States (at Fort Benning, Georgia).

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10. www.siasat.com › sri-lanka-sc-summons-rajapaksaSri Lanka: SC summons Rajapaksa over presidential pardon to ...

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    May 17, 2024 · Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Friday issued a summons to former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa over his granting of a presidential pardon to a soldier who was convicted for killing eight ethnic Tamils, including a child, in 2000.

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    May 17, 2024 · May 17, 2024. The Supreme Court on Friday issued a summons to former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa over his granting of a presidential pardon to a soldier who was convicted for killing eight ethnic Tamils, including a child, in 2000.