Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was a 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 amid a historic economic and political collapse. Before his presidency, he was Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development from 2005 to 2015 during the regime of his brother, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, playing a central role in the final phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War.