Maithripala Sirisena
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Maithripala Sirisena is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the country’s President from 2015 to 2019 and has been a prominent leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sri Lankan politician
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human ⓘ |
| appointed | Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister in October 2018 ⓘ |
| child | Daham Sirisena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryLed | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-09-03 ⓘ |
| education | Royal College, Polonnaruwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electionWon | 2015 Sri Lankan presidential election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 2019-11-18 ⓘ |
| familyName | Sirisena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Pallewatte Gamaralalage Maithripala Yapa Sirisena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Maithripala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentDuringTermAsPresident |
Mahinda Rajapaksa
NERFINISHED
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Ranil Wickremesinghe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | His Excellency ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Sri Lankan constitutional crisis of 2018 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defecting from Mahinda Rajapaksa government in 2014
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forming a common opposition candidacy in 2015 ⓘ |
| memberOf | Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)
NERFINISHED
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party NERFINISHED ⓘ United People’s Freedom Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Sinhala ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
farmer
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politician ⓘ |
| officeContested | President of Sri Lanka in 2015 presidential election ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Yagoda, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | centre-left politics ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
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General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ Leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Services of Sri Lanka ⓘ Minister of Health of Sri Lanka ⓘ Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment of Sri Lanka ⓘ President of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mahinda Rajapaksa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| promotedPolicy |
anti-corruption reforms
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good governance agenda in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| representedElectoralDistrict | Polonnaruwa District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residenceDuringPresidency | President’s House, Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reversedDecision | Dissolution of Parliament during 2018 constitutional crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signature | Signature of Maithripala Sirisena ⓘ |
| spouse | Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 2015-01-09 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Gotabaya Rajapaksa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termNumberAsPresident | 6 ⓘ |
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