The rise and grand fall of Sri Lanka’s Mahinda Rajapaksa: the end of an era?

Piyadasa Edirisuriya

doi:10.1525/AS.2017.57.2.211

The rise and grand fall of Sri Lanka’s Mahinda Rajapaksa: the end of an era?

Piyadasa Edirisuriya

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Abstract

Mahinda Rajapaksa became the president of Sri Lanka in 2005 and ruled the country until his unexpected defeat in the presidential election of 2015. He crushed the militant and very powerful Tamil separatist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, by military force in 2009. Given his great power and popularity, his defeat in the 2015 election was an astonishing grand fall. This study examines the long rise of Mahinda Rajapaksa and his sudden fall.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	211-228
Number of pages	18
Journal	Asian Survey
Volume	57
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/AS.2017.57.2.211
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2017

Keywords

Corruption
Human rights
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Presidential election
Sri Lanka

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