Mahinda Rajapaksa (Sinhala: මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ; Tamil: மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician.

Dec 27, 2024 · Mahinda Rajapaksa (born November 18, 1945, Weeraketiya, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as president of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015, during which time he oversaw the end of the country’s civil war (1983–2009), and later served as …

Mahinda Rajapaksa (born 18 November 1945) [1] is a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 21 November 2019 until 9 May 2022. Before, he was the disputed Prime Minister from 26 October to 15 December 2018. [2] He was also the 6th President of Sri Lanka. He was president from 19 November 2005 to 9 January 2015.

May 9, 2022 · Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned amid mass protests at the government's handling of a deepening economic crisis. The move came as the island was placed under curfew...

Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (77) is at the helm of the current economic crisis in the island nation. In his long political career, he served as President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015, as Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2004 and 2018 to 2019, and as Minister of Finance from 2005 to 2015 and 2019 to 2021.

Sep 24, 2024 · Mahinda Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the sixth President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015; the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2005...

May 9, 2022 · Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on May 9, his office said, hours after his supporters brutally assaulted peaceful, anti-government protesters.

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in 2004-2005, President of the country since 2005. Mahinda Rajapaksa was born in 1946 in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka to a lawyer and former Member of Parliament. He followed in his father's footsteps, earning a law degree from Galle College and the University of Colombo.

Sep 2, 2024 · Mahinda Rajapaksa made history by being the one leader who triumphed in the war on terror. The violent conflict that bled an island-nation for over three decades has now come to an end. The following pages are an intimate yet open glimpse of the early years of Mahinda Rajapaksa, the child, the youth, the man- the leader.

Mahinda Rajapaksa became the president of Sri Lanka in 2005 and ruled the country until his unexpected defeat in the presidential election of 2015. He crushed the militant and very powerful Tamil separatist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, by military force in 2009.