Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa (
Sinhala:
මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ,
pronounced [maˈhində ˈraːɟəˌpakʂə]),
Tamil:
மகிந்த ராசபக்ச; born November 18, 1945) is the 6th
President of Sri Lanka and
Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the
Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as
prime minister from April 6, 2004 until his victory in the
2005 Presidential election. He was sworn in for a six-year term as president on November 19, 2005. He was
re-elected for a second term in office on January 27, 2010.
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