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Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Military · Politician · Sanctioned entity

Gotabaya Rajapaksa is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Gootabaya Rajapaksa · Gotabaja Radžapaksa · Gotabaya RAJAPAKSA · Gotabaya Rajapaksa · Gotabhaya Rajapaksa · 20 more...				[sources]
Other name	Gotabaya Rajapaksa · Gotabhaya Rajapaksa · Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa · Rajapakse · ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1949-06-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Matara District				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Citizenship	Sri Lanka · United States				[sources]
First name	Gotabaya				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	RAJAPAKSA				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1538702				[sources]
Position	Minister of Defence (2019-2022) · Minister of Technology (2020-2022) · President of Sri Lanka (2019-2022)				[sources]
Education	Ananda College · Defence Services Staff College				[sources]
Religion	Theravāda				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-19	Last processed	2024-12-02	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

President of Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ioma Rajapaksa	spouse	-	-
Chamal Rajapaksa	sibling	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of Sri Lanka	2019-11-18	2022-07-14
Minister of Technology	2020-11-26	2022-07-14
Minister of Defence	2019-11-28	2022-07-14
President of Sri Lanka	2019-11-18	2022-07-14
Minister of Technology	2020-11-26	2022-07-14
Minister of Defence	2019-11-28	2022-07-14

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Basil Rajapaksa	sibling	-	-
Mahinda Rajapaksa	sibling	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Global Affairs Canada	Sri Lanka	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons248,643

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Wikidata · non-official source

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,410

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories425,794

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata378,482

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-sri-lanka-gotabaya-rajapaksa-pres · ca-sema-1-3-lk-gotabaya-rajapaksa · NK-Yp2L85Ue3sVjzWG4S2vjHp · ca-sema-bbd563975380fa231ac9bae0ddce178985a461b4 · us-cia-sri-lanka-gotabaya-rajapaksa-min-of-defense

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