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Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a Sri Lankan politician and former military officer who served as the 8th president of Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022, initiated a self-imposed exile on 13 July 2022, following widespread protests led by civilians demanding his resignation, triggered by extensive discontent over his handling of the country's economic crisis.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns as President on 14 July and begins a self-exile, returns to Sri Lanka on 2 September Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as President by Parliament on 20 July Troops raid Galle Face and forcefully remove protesters from the Presidential Secretariat on 22 July
On 9 July 2022, amid reports that their homes were stormed and burned, Gotabaya and Wickremesinghe both agreed to resign from their respective posts as Sri Lanka's president and Prime Minister. [103] [104] Political parties including the Opposition agreed to form an all-party interim government after the President's resignation.
After Sri Lanka's president fled the country early Wednesday, hours before his promised resignation, thousands of protesters demanded that the prime minster also step down, rallying outside his ...
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have agreed to resign after protesters stormed their homes.
Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, RWP, RSP ( Sinhala: නන්දසේන ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ; Tamil: நந்தசேன கோட்டாபய ராஜபக்ஷ; born 20 June 1949) is a former Sri Lankan politician and military officer, who served as the eighth President of Sri Lanka from 18 November 2019 until his ...
The president of Sri Lanka ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති Śrī Laṃkā Janādhipathi; Tamil: இலங்கை சனாதிபதி Ilankai janātipati) is the head of state and head of government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The president is the chief executive of the union ...
The President of Sri Lanka is elected via limited ranked voting. Voters can express up to three ranked preferences for President. Voters can express up to three ranked preferences for President. If no candidate receives over 50% of valid votes on the first count, all candidates except for the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes ...