Maithripala Sirisena

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Maithripala Sirisena is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the country’s President from 2015 to 2019 and has been a prominent leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sri Lankan politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointed Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister in October 2018 ⓘ
child Daham Sirisena ⓘ
countryLed Sri Lanka ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sri Lanka ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1951-09-03 ⓘ
education Royal College, Polonnaruwa ⓘ
electionWon 2015 Sri Lankan presidential election ⓘ
endTime 2019-11-18 ⓘ
familyName Sirisena ⓘ
fullName Pallewatte Gamaralalage Maithripala Yapa Sirisena ⓘ
givenName Maithripala ⓘ
headOfGovernmentDuringTermAsPresident Mahinda Rajapaksa ⓘ
Ranil Wickremesinghe ⓘ
honorificPrefix His Excellency ⓘ
involvedIn Sri Lankan constitutional crisis of 2018 ⓘ
knownFor defecting from Mahinda Rajapaksa government in 2014 ⓘ
forming a common opposition candidacy in 2015 ⓘ
memberOf Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka) ⓘ
Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
United People’s Freedom Alliance ⓘ
nativeLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation farmer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeContested President of Sri Lanka in 2015 presidential election ⓘ
placeOfBirth Yagoda, Sri Lanka ⓘ
politicalIdeology centre-left politics ⓘ
positionHeld Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Services of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Minister of Health of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment of Sri Lanka ⓘ
President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
precededBy Mahinda Rajapaksa ⓘ
promotedPolicy anti-corruption reforms ⓘ
good governance agenda in Sri Lanka ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
representedElectoralDistrict Polonnaruwa District ⓘ
residenceDuringPresidency President’s House, Colombo ⓘ
reversedDecision Dissolution of Parliament during 2018 constitutional crisis ⓘ
signature Signature of Maithripala Sirisena ⓘ
spouse Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari ⓘ
startTime 2015-01-09 ⓘ
succeededBy Gotabaya Rajapaksa ⓘ
termNumberAsPresident 6 ⓘ

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Sri Lanka Freedom Party → hasNotableLeader → Maithripala Sirisena ⓘ
Nelum Kuluna → officialOpeningBy → Maithripala Sirisena ⓘ
SLFP → notableLeader → Maithripala Sirisena ⓘ
SLFP → hasPresidentOfSriLanka → Maithripala Sirisena ⓘ
Maithripala Sirisena → fullName → Pallewatte Gamaralalage Maithripala Yapa Sirisena ⓘ
linked to: Maithripala Sirisena
Maithripala Sirisena → familyName → Sirisena ⓘ
linked to: Maithripala Sirisena
19th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka → associatedWith → President Maithripala Sirisena ⓘ
linked to: Maithripala Sirisena
Ranil Wickremesinghe → appointedBy → Maithripala Sirisena ⓘ