Gotabaya Rajapaksa

President of Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022

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Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is a former Sri Lankan politician and military officer, who served as the eighth President of Sri Lanka from 18 November 2019 until his resignation on 14 July 2022 due to months of public anger. He previously served as Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development from 2005 to 2015 under the administration of his elder brother former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, during the final phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War.

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Sri Lanka accepts president's resignation after letter flown from Singapore Sri Lanka's parliament has accepted a letter of resignation from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Sky News - Published on July 15, 2022
India denies any role in Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s escape The Indian high commission denied “baseless and speculative” media reports that India facilitated the “recent reported travel” of Gotabaya. “It is reiterated that India will continue to.. IndiaTimes - Published on July 13, 2022
India denies 'baseless and speculative' media reports about facilitating President Gotabaya's escape to the Maldives India on Wednesday categorically denied "baseless and speculative" media reports that it facilitated the travel of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled to the Maldives on a military jet in.. IndiaTimes - Published on July 13, 2022

Protesters swim in Sri Lanka president's pool - and warn they're staying until he leaves office People swimming in the president of Sri Lanka's pool say they will remain at the official residence in Colombo until Gotabaya Rajapaksa finally leaves office. Sky News - Published on July 11, 2022
India refutes speculative media reports on sending troops to Sri Lanka: Indian mission The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka has categorically dismissed for the second time in as many months the speculative media reports about New Delhi sending its troops to Colombo, where thousands of.. IndiaTimes - Published on July 11, 2022
Extraordinary scenes in Sri Lanka are the product of a man-made disaster The unprecedented events in Colombo have been the result of a culmination of over three months of protests by ordinary Sri Lankans against the government, and in particular the President Gotabaya.. Sky News - Published on July 9, 2022

Lanka electricity chief resigns after withdrawing remark on Adani Group deal A top Sri Lankan official, who claimed before a parliamentary panel that Prime Minister Narendra Modi allegedly influenced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to award a wind power project to the Adani Group.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 13, 2022
Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla meets Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa The meeting took place a day after the President Rajapaksa returned from the US. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was in New York to attend the annual UN General Assembly. The foreign secretary also.. IndiaTimes - Published on October 5, 2021
Foreign secretary Shringla begins 4-day visit to Sri Lanka Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Saturday began his four-day visit to Sri Lanka during which he will meet the top leadership, including President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister.. IndiaTimes - Published on October 2, 2021