Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa (conceived 18 November 1945) was the sixth President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, who served from 19 November 2005 to 9 January 2015. A legal counselor by calling, Rajapaksa was initially chosen to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as Prime Minister from 6 April 2004 until his triumph in the 2005 Presidential decision. He was confirmed for a six-year term as president on 19 November 2005. He was re-chosen for a moment term in office on 27 January 2010 and left the workplace to Maithripala Sirisena on ninth January 2015 as he was vanquished by the previous in 2015 Presidential Elections.
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