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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.
Resignation of MP Basil Rajapaksa; Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns as President on 14 July and begins a self-exile, returns to Sri Lanka on 2 September; Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as President by Parliament on 20 July; Troops raid Galle Face and forcefully remove protesters from the Presidential Secretariat on 22 July
The President of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, as well as the PM, has been forced to resign after months of protests regarding his corrupt leadership that resulted in an economic crisis and ...
Exile of Gotabaya Rajapaksa; P. 2022 Sri Lankan presidential election; S. 2022 Sri Lankan protests This page was last edited on 1 February 2025, at 15:03 (UTC). ...
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 .
The SLPP government was beginning to grow increasingly unpopular. This triggered the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, which demanded the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa and other key officials from the Rajapaksa family. [42] [43] [44] On 3 April, several ministers in the second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet submitted their