Question: Who has sworn in as the new President of Sri Lanka?
(a) Mahindra Rajapaksa
(b) Gotabaya Rajapaksa
(c) Basil Rajapaksa
(d) Maithripala Sirisena
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
(a) Mahindra Rajapaksa
(b) Gotabaya Rajapaksa
(c) Basil Rajapaksa
(d) Maithripala Sirisena
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- On 18th November 2018, Gotabaya Rajapaksa sworn in as the next President of Sri Lanka.
- He will succeed Maithripala Sirisena for a five-year term.
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa received 52.25% of votes (6,924,255) while other contestant Sajith Premadasa secured 41.99% of the total votes polled (5,564,239) during the elections.
- Prior to this, Gotabaya Rajapaksa served as Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development from 2005 to 2015 under the administration of his elder brother former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
- 70-year-old Gotabaya Rajapaksa has both an idol and a controversial image in Sri Lanka.
- Majority of Sinhalese Buddhists consider him a ‘war hero’ (Sri Lankan Civil War-defeat of Tamil Tigers and killing its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in 2009) while a majority of Tamil minorities look at him with disbelief.Rajapaksa dynasty is known for its pro-china tilt.
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