Mahinda Rajapaksa

About Mahinda Rajapaksa

In 2005, he was elected as Sri Lanka's 6th President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.

Mahinda Rajapaksa before fame

He was the landslide winner of Sri Lanka's first election following decades of civil war, surprising forecasts of a close campaign.

Achievement of Mahinda Rajapaksa

While he was successful in quelling the country's restive Tamil Tiger militant group during his leadership, he was accused of overstepping his bounds in doing so.

Mahinda Rajapaksa family life

He was born into a powerful political family in Sri Lanka, and he followed in his father's footsteps to become the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

Associations of Mahinda Rajapaksa

Julian Assange's Wikileaks organization revealed that Mahinda was behind the massacres of Tamil civilians and captured fighters near the end of he war.

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