The Statesman’s Yearbook Online

edited by Dr Barry Turner

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Mahinda Rajapaksa

Position

President

Introduction

Mahinda Rajapaksa succeeded Chandrika Kumaratunga as the executive president of Sri Lanka in Nov. 2005. A human rights lawyer and former prime minister, he rejected ...

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