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Mahinda Rajapaksa ( Sinhala: මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ; Tamil: மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician.
- Sri Lanka Freedom Party (before 2018)
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa
- Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (after 2018)
May 3, 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.
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May 9, 2022 · 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...
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May 9, 2022 · Colombo, Sri Lanka CNN —. Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, resigned on Monday, following weeks of protests against his government. The country has been rocked by civil unrest ...
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. He has called for parliament to...
Jul 14, 2022 · Former President and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, 76, heads the Rajapaksa clan that most Sri Lankans blame for the country’s worst economic crisis in decades that has triggered the ongoing...
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May 9, 2022 · Updated : 9 May 2022. 08:43 PM (GMT) Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned after protests over the island nation’s worsening economic crisis turned deadly.