About Mahinda Rajapakse

Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa (commonly known as Mahinda Rajapaksa මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ; born November 18, 1945) is the current President of Sri Lanka. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa previously served as the country's Prime Minister from April 6, 2004 until his swearing in as President for a six-year term on November 19, 2005. He is married to Shiranthi Rajapaksa, and is the father of three sons.

  1. Mentioned In 6 Articles

  2. Terror Rules In Pakistan - South Asia Intelligence Review

    Explore Article Eurasia Review (Feb 8 2010)

    Terror Rules In Pakistan - South Asia Intelligence Review ...ews, February 3, 2010. SRI LANKA Tamil National Alliance aggress to hold discussions with President Mahinda Rajapakse: The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has agreed to hold discussions on power sharing with the Preside... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Mike Mullen   Syed Salahuddin   Rehman Malik

  3. Scuffles as police end illegal Tamil demonstration in Westminster

    Explore Article Times Online (Apr 7 2009)

    ...e war zone, although the Sri Lankan government insists the figure is less than half that. President Mahinda Rajapakse of Sri Lanka said the military was close to wiping out the LTTE after decades of bitter fighting fo... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   David Miliband   Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam   Mahinda Rajapakse

  4. Attack kills 28 in Sri Lanka camp

    Explore Article Colorado's home (Feb 10 2009)

    ...people have no space to go to," said Sophie Romanens, a Red Cross spokeswoman in Colombo. President Mahinda Rajapakse has refused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's calls for a "temporary no-fire period"... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Colombo   Sri Lanka   Udaya Nanayakkara

  5. Suspected Tamil bomber kills 28 in Sri Lanka

    Explore Article Boston.com (Feb 10 2009)

    ... Sunday, bringing the total number to have escaped to 20,000 this year, Nanayakkara said. President Mahinda Rajapakse has refused US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's calls for a "temporary no-fire period" to allow... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Kurunegala   Sri Lanka   Colombo

  6. Female Suicide Bomber Kills 28 in Sri Lanka

    Explore Article washingtonpost.com (Feb 9 2009)

    ... Sunday, bringing the total number to have escaped to 20,000 this year, Nanayakkara said. President Mahinda Rajapakse has refused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's calls for a "temporary no-fire period"... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam   Hillary Rodham Clinton   Colombo

  7. Divided nation faced with fight to death

    Explore Article guardian.co.uk (Jan 2 2009)

    ...bel flags. This stirred unease in the Sinhalese, leading to the election as Sri Lankan president of Mahinda Rajapakse, a rabble-rousing nationalist. A year ago, Rajapaksa's government formally scrapped a six-year truc... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Colombo   Norway   Kilinochchi

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