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Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a Sri Lankan politician and former military officer who served as the 8th president of Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022, initiated a self-imposed exile on 13 July 2022, following widespread protests led by civilians demanding his resignation, triggered by extensive discontent over his handling of the country's economic crisis.
Rajapaksa refused to step down, even after protests became violent, until 14 July, when Rajapaksa fled the country via a military aircraft and began a 50-day self-exile, [8] [9] and officially emailed his resignation letter from Singapore the next day. Rajapaksa later returned to Sri Lanka, on 2 September.
Gotabaya forms a temporary 4-member cabinet on 3 April 2022. The Samagi Jana Balawegaya, led by its party leader Sajith Premadasa, has called for a no-confidence motion against the government. PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned from his position on 9 May 2022. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new PM on 12 May 2022.
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This is a list of international presidential trips made by Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who served as the 8th President of Sri Lanka from 18 November 2019 to 14 July 2022. Rajapaksa did not make any visits in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
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Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe was appointed Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms by in May 2022 by Gotabaya Rajapaksa and continued in this capacity under Ranil Wickremesinghe. In August 2023, he confirmed that the owners of X-Press Pearl had agreed to pay compensation of USD 878,000 and LKR 16 Million [ 7 ] after the ...