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November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the sixth

President of Sri Lanka from 19 November 2005 to 9 January 2015. A


lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of
Sri Lanka in 1970, and he served as Prime Minister from 6 April 2004
until his victory in the 2005 presidential election. He was sworn in for
his first six

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