Mahinda Rajapaksa

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Mahinda Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician and former president best known for leading the country during the final phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War and overseeing the military defeat of the Tamil Tigers.

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Mahinda Rajapaksa canonical 10
Mahinda 1
Mahinda Percy Rajapaksa 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sri Lankan politician
human
causeOfPoliticalControversy allegations of corruption and nepotism
allegations of human rights violations during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War
child Namal Rajapaksa
Rohitha Rajapaksa
Yoshitha Rajapaksa
conflict Sri Lankan Civil War
countryOfCitizenship Sri Lanka
dateOfBirth 1945-11-18
educatedAt Richmond College, Galle
Ceylon Law College
surface form: Sri Lanka Law College
election 2005 Sri Lankan presidential election
2010 Sri Lankan presidential election
2015 Sri Lankan presidential election
2019 Sri Lankan presidential election campaign involvement
endTime 2005-11-19
2015-01-09
2022-05-09
ethnicGroup Sinhalese
familyName Mahinda Rajapaksa self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rajapaksa
givenName Mahinda Rajapaksa self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mahinda
headOfGovernment Sri Lanka
headOfState Sri Lanka
honorificPrefix Mahinda Rajapaksa self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mahinda Percy Rajapaksa
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Southern Province, Sri Lanka
memberOfPoliticalParty Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
name Mahinda Rajapaksa self-link
notableFor leadership during the final phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War
overseeing the military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
occupation lawyer
politician
officeContested President of Sri Lanka
parliamentaryGroup Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
placeOfBirth Weeraketiya
politicalIdeology Sri Lankan nationalism
populism
positionHeld Leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka
Member of Parliament of Sri Lanka
Minister of Defence
surface form: Minister of Defence of Sri Lanka

Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka
Minister of Highways, Ports and Shipping of Sri Lanka
President of Sri Lanka
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
religion Buddhism
representedDistrict Hambantota District
Kurunegala District
residence Carlton House, Tangalle
Colombo
sibling Basil Rajapaksa
Chamal Rajapaksa
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
spouse Shiranthi Rajapaksa
startTime 2004-04-06
2005-11-19
2019-11-21

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Sri Lankan Civil War governmentLeader Mahinda Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka Freedom Party hasNotableLeader Mahinda Rajapaksa
Anura Bandaranaike servedInCabinetOf Mahinda Rajapaksa
Chandrika Kumaratunga (as Prime Minister in 1994) primeMinisterDuringPresidency Mahinda Rajapaksa
subject surface form: Chandrika Kumaratunga
Chandrika Kumaratunga (as Prime Minister in 1994) succeededBy Mahinda Rajapaksa
subject surface form: Chandrika Kumaratunga
this entity surface form: Mahinda Rajapaksa (as President of Sri Lanka)
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (as Prime Minister in 2000) secondTermServedUnder Mahinda Rajapaksa
subject surface form: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Mahinda Rajapaksa name Mahinda Rajapaksa self-link
Mahinda Rajapaksa givenName Mahinda Rajapaksa self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mahinda
Mahinda Rajapaksa familyName Mahinda Rajapaksa self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa honorificPrefix Mahinda Rajapaksa self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mahinda Percy Rajapaksa
Eelam War IV commanderForGovernment Mahinda Rajapaksa