Mahinda Rajapaksa
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 78 |
| Date of birth | November 18,1945 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Weeraketiya |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Spouse | Shiranthi Rajapaksa |
| Siblings | Gotabhaya Rajapaksa |
| Basil Rajapaksa | |
| Gotabaya Rajapaksa | |
| Children | Namal Rajapaksa |
| Yoshitha Rajapaksa | |
| Rohitha Rajapaksa | |
| Party | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
| Education | Sri Lanka Law College |
| Nalanda College | |
| Thurstan College | |
| Richmond College | |
| Previous position | Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2019–2022) |
| Parents | D. A. Rajapaksa |
| Dandina Rajapaksa | |
| Presidential term | November 19, 2005 – January 9, 2015 |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 695427 |
Mahinda Rajapaksa Life story
Mahinda Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015; the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2005, 2018, and 2019 to 2022; the Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2004 and 2018 to 2019, and the Minister of Finance from 2005 to 2015 and 2019 to 2021.
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Sri Lanka swears in Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting leader after mass protests
Sri Lanka 's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been Sworn In as acting president as the country reels from an economic crisis and unrest.
He replaces Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled to Singapore after unprecedented mass protests which saw demonstrators overrun the Presidential Palace .
Protesters defied a curfew to celebrate his resignation during The Night .
Sri Lanka is experiencing economic chaos as it faces an acute shortage of food, fuel and other basic supplies.
The Process of parliament electing a new president will begin on Saturday, with MPs likely to take a vote in a week's time.
Given the governing party has a majority, MPs are thought likely to back Mr Wickremesinghe, who has close links with the Rajapaksa family.
But whether Sri Lanka 's public would accept this is another matter, because Mr Wickremesinghe's resignation as PM was a key demand of protestors.
Earlier This Week , crowds stormed the former Prime Minister 's compound, clashing with security forces.
A demonstrator. Manuri Pabasari, told The Bbc at The Time that a protest rally against Ranil Wickremesinghe was expected in The Coming days.
" He has no people's mandate [and] is a well known Rajapaksa supporter, " she added. " I mean the new president and the new Prime Minister should be not a Rajapaksa supporter. "
if no stable government is formed soon.
There was a " lot of uncertainty" over whether enough Foreign Exchange can be found to pay for essential petroleum, he told The Bbc 's Newsnight programme, and progress on getting an international bailout package depended on having a stable administration.
Meanwhile, Singapore says the ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa did not ask for Political Asylum when he arrived there.
The former president, who arrived with his wife and two bodyguards, no longer has legal immunity as a head of state and his position is now more precarious as he tries to find a safe country to shelter in.
He is expected to stay in Singapore for some time before possibly moving to The United Arab Emirates, Sri Lankan security sources told AFP news agency.
Sri Lanka : The basicsSource of news: bbc.com
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