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Gotabaya Rajapaksa meets indian minister Arun Jaitley Rajapaksa's inauguration took place at the Ruwanwelisaya in Anuradhapura on 18 November 2019. It is the first elected office Rajapaksa has held and he is the first non-career politician and former military officer to serve as president.
Appointed as acting president following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country amidst the 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis. [9] On 20 July 2022 he was elected by Parliament to the office of president under Article 40 of the Constitution. 10: Anura Kumara Dissanayake අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක
1 April – 2022 Sri Lankan protests: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declares a State of Emergency in Sri Lanka, in effect from 1 April 2022. [ 60 ] 2 April – 2022 Sri Lankan protests: A 36-hour island-wide curfew is imposed at 6:00pm, and lasted until 6:00am on Monday, 4 April, to avoid further protests.
Shiranthi Rajapaksa (née Wickramasinghe) 23 January 1953 1983 Mahinda Rajapaksa: 2005 52 years, 300 days 2015 10 years, 18 days Living: 72 years, 4 days 6: Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari: 1970s Maithripala Sirisena: 2015 2019 5 years, 70 days Living: 7: Ayoma Rajapaksa: Gotabaya Rajapaksa: 2019 2022 928 days Living: 8: Professor Maithree Wickremesinghe
Appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, following the resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa amidst the 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis. On 13 July 2022, he became the acting president of the republic as Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country and resigned amidst the protests and was outright elected as president a week later. 15: Dinesh Gunawardena
Rajapaksa became the leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna in 2019, a proxy of the former president that had split from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He became prime minister again on 21 November 2019 after being appointed by his brother, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who had become president on 18 November after winning the 2019 presidential election ...
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.
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.