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    Mahinda Rajapaksa (Sinhala: මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ; Tamil: மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served...
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  • politics. It was one of Sri Lanka's most powerful families during Mahinda Rajapaksa's presidency, when many members of the family occupied senior positions...
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    2005–2010 he served as a presidential senior advisor for President Mahinda Rajapaksa and in 2007 he was appointed as a member of parliament from the national...
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    President Mahinda Rajapaksa, during the final phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War. Born to a political family from the Southern Province, Rajapaksa was educated...
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  • Rohitha Rajapaksa (born 15 June 1989) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and media personality. He is the youngest son of Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa...
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  • Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, also known as Sooriyawewa International Cricket Stadium (Sinhala: මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට්...
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    former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and a member of parliament. He was the Minister of Youth and Sports from 2020 to 2022. Rajapaksa was born on 10 April...
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  • Yoshitha Rajapaksa (born 12 June 1988) is a Sri Lankan sportsman and former naval officer. He is the son of the sixth president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa...
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    with Rajapaksa family brothers Basil Rajapaksa as finance minister and Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister, and several more members of the Rajapaksa family...
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    The Rajapaksa cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa between 2005 and 2015. It was formed in November 2005...
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    United People's Freedom Alliance loyal to its former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Rajapaksa family. The party was formed as a result of a split from...
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    leading to him running against party leader and incumbent president Mahinda Rajapaksa. His victory in the election was generally viewed as unexpected, coming...
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    Investigation Division. This led to arrest Basil Rajapaksa the younger brother of Mahinda Rajapaksa and his political henchmen who were involved in large-scale...
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    elections took place two years ahead of schedule. Incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance's candidate, seeking...
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    that Mahinda Rajapaksa had maintained close ties with Uganda especially during his second term as President from 2010 to 2015. Mahinda Rajapaksa also...
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    three younger brothers: Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa and two younger sisters, to D. A. Rajapaksa and Dona Dandina Samarasinghe...
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    International Airport in Colombo. MRIA was opened in March 2013 by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who ordered the construction of the airport. Initially, several airlines...
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    : 92–93  During his 2005 presidential campaign, Hambantota native Mahinda Rajapaksa had pledged to revitalize Hambantota's economy.: 93  After his election...
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    2022 Sri Lankan protests (category Mahinda Rajapaksa)
    26 members of the Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet resigned with the exception of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Critics said that the resignation...
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    November 2024. The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA), led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, won a large majority in the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election...
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    prior to naming at the opening ceremony after which the President Mahinda Rajapaksa named it after himself) is a performing arts centre in Colombo, Sri...
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  • fill the post vacated by Mahinda Rajapaksa. He was previously Prime Minister from 2000 until 2001. President Mahinda Rajapaksa lost the 2015 presidential...
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    Nguyễn Xuân Phúc congratulated Mahinda Rajapaksa.    Nepal – Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli congratulated Mahinda Rajapaksa.  Maldives – Maldivian President...
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    elections were announced on 23 November 2009 when incumbent president Mahinda Rajapaksa decided to seek a fresh mandate prior to the expiration of his term...
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    who defeated Mahinda Rajapaksa. In the same year, Kumaratunga supported the United National Party in the general elections to avoid Rajapaksa becoming prime...
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  • link of Subaskaran, the film's producer, with Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, which resulted in Tamil fringe groups protesting against the film...
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    Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka (former Defence Secretary) and brother of current Prime Minister (former President) Mahinda Rajapaksa dismissed...
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    was a virulent critic of the Mahinda Rajapaksa government, and had been locked in a legal battle with Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was defense secretary at...
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    parliament. Five members of the Rajapaksa family won seats in the new parliament. Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa became the new prime minister. In...
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  • he was the father of two Sri Lankan Presidents; Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Rajapaksa was born on 5 November 1905 in a hamlet called Medamulana...
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