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    Gotabaya Rajapaksa

    President of Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022

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  1. In April 2019, Lasantha Wickrematunge's daughter Ahimsa Wickrematunge filed a civil lawsuit against Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the state of California. Wickrematunge's daughter's lawsuit alleged that Rajapaksa was behind his death.

  2. Oct 4, 2021 · The leaked records show that as the conflict intensified, Nirupama Rajapaksa, now 59 years old, and her husband, Nadesan, were establishing shell companies and trusts in offshore jurisdictions. The reasons, according to a client review in the leaked files: “confidentiality and estate planning.”.

  3. The Rajapaksa family ( Sinhala: රාජපක්ෂ, romanized: Rājapakṣa) is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in politics. It was one of Sri Lanka's most powerful families during Mahinda Rajapaksa 's presidency, [1] when many members of the family occupied senior positions in the Sri Lankan state.

  4. Jul 17, 2021 · Basil Rohana Rajapaksa was sworn in as Finance minister in the Government of Sri Lanka by his brother President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on July 8, 2021. The appointment was hailed by Basil’s...

  5. May 10, 2024 · Rajapaksa was born the fifth of nine children in a Buddhist Sinhalese family. His father, D.A. Rajapaksa, was a member of the Sri Lankan parliament (1947–65) representing Beliatta. After finishing his secondary education at Ananda College in Colombo, Gotabaya Rajapaksa joined the Sri Lankan army

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  7. Mar 2, 2021 · In 2007, my father, Lasantha Wickrematunge, one of Sri Lanka’s most fiercely independent journalists, exposed an arms deal involving then-Secretary of Defense Gotabaya Rajapaksa embezzling...

  8. Jul 9, 2022 · Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2019. Eranga Jayawardena/Associated Press. By Mujib Mashal. July 9, 2022. The Rajapaksa family has dominated Sri...

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