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Rajapaksa would be the first Sri Lankan president to resign in the middle of his term. In his resignation letter which was formally read out at the parliament on 16 July, he had stated: "It is my personal belief that I took all possible steps to address this crisis, including inviting parliamentarians to form an all-party or unity government."
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.
On 9 July, Rajapaksa announces his intention to resign as President of Sri Lanka on 13 July 2022. Rajapaksa flees the country on 13 July, fails to resign as pledged, and designates Wickremesinghe acting president in his absence. [1] [2] [3] Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrives in Singapore and resigns as President via e-mail on 14 July.
Then-president Rajapaksa and his government were blamed for the crisis, leading to months-long protests calling for his resignation. On 13 July 2022, in dramatic scenes that were broadcast around ...
Just over two years since Sri Lanka's 'Aragalaya' uprising that deposed the nation's president, the movement that sparked the mass struggle is rallying behind Anura Kumara Dissanayake to lead the ...
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 ...
Ranil Wickremesinghe (born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician serving as the ninth and current President of Sri Lanka. He also holds several ministerial roles, including Minister of Finance, Minister of Defence, Minister of Technology and Minister of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment. Wickremesinghe has led the United National ...
An indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Sri Lanka on 20 July 2022 following the resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 14 July. The president of Sri Lanka was elected by the Parliament of Sri Lanka in a secret ballot to decide who would complete the remainder of Gotabaya Rajapaksa's term.