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Mahinda Rajapaksa

President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015 · Sri Lanka · On the map · Politicians · Born 1945 · age 80

Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the sixth president of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015. He thrice served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2005, 2018, and 2019 to 2022.

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2020Named Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious & Cultural AffairsOffice12 August 2020 to 20 May 2022Named Minister of Urban Development & HousingOffice12 August 2020 to 12 May 20222015“It is a revolution against a dictator [referring to Rajapaksa]. This should be a lesson for all South Asian countries.”In their wordsKushal Perera, a political analyst and writer on Mahinda Rajapaksa loosing to Maithripala Sirisena in 2015, quoted on The Indian Express

2013Named Commonwealth Chair-in-OfficeOffice15 November 2013 to 9 January 2015“If there is any violations, we will take actions against anybody, anybody. I am ready to do that.”In their words14 November 2013November 14

“Centuries of growth in advanced economies have left little carbon space for the developing world, challenging their growth.”In their words24 September 2013United Nations, Sri "Lanka urges UN to study global inequality, failure to lift millions out of poverty"

“I say: be fair. Be objective. Don't just come to conclusions based on one-sided "evidence.”In their words17 September 2013Interview with Hindustan Times

2011Honorary Doctor of the Beijing Foreign Studies UniversityAward2010“As for what I achieved in the first term, I have brought peace to this country. Eliminated terrorism and brought peace. Now my aim is to develop the country.”In their words23 November 2010Interview with The Hindu

“I have succeeded in uniting the territory. Now, I am entrusted with the task of uniting the hearts of all sections of our people.”In their words4 February 2010February 4

Honorary Doctor of the Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaAward2005Named Minister of Finance of Sri LankaOffice23 November 2005 to 9 January 2015Named President of Sri LankaOffice19 November 2005 to 9 January 20152004Named Prime Minister of Sri LankaOffice6 April 2004 to 19 November 20052002Named Leader of the OppositionOffice6 February 2002 to 2 April 20041970Named Member of the Parliament of Sri LankaOffice27 May 1970 to 21 July 19771945Born18 November 1945

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  1. We always support peace... and we will keep supporting peace for all people. In Sri Lanka we also fought thirty years of war against terrorists.

    9 January 2014 · January 9, Own words

  2. If anyone who wants to complain about human rights violations in Sri Lanka, whether it's torture, whether it is rape, we have a system.

    14 November 2013 · Quoted in Independent.ie, "Sri Lanka defends rights record", 14 November, 2013., Own words

  3. All international laws are made by big, powerful countries but applied only on weaker ones like ours.

    17 September 2013 · Interview with Hindustan Times, Own words

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Honorary Doctor of the Beijing Foreign Studies University2011
Honorary Doctor of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia2010
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Order of the Star of Palestine

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He was 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
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Politicians
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Born 1945 · age 80

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