Maithripala Sirisena
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His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena |
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| මෛත්රිපාල සිරිසේන மைத்திரிபால சிறிசேன |
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| 7th President of Sri Lanka | |
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Assumed office 9 January 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Leader of the House | |
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In office 3 May 2004 – 9 August 2005 |
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| President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Preceded by | W. J. M. Lokubandara |
| Succeeded by | Nimal Siripala de Silva |
| Minister of Defence | |
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Assumed office 12 January 2015 |
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| President | Himself |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment | |
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Assumed office 12 January 2015 |
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| President | Himself |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Susil Premajayanth |
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In office 23 November 2005 – 23 April 2010 |
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| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
| Succeeded by | Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena |
| Minister of Health | |
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In office 23 April 2010 – 21 November 2014 |
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| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | D. M. Jayaratne |
| Preceded by | Nimal Siripala de Silva |
| Succeeded by | Tissa Attanayake |
| Minister of Irrigation, Mahaweli and Rajarata Development | |
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In office 10 April 2004 – 23 November 2005 |
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| President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Minister of Mahaweli Development and Parliamentary Affairs | |
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In office 1997–2001 |
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| President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Prime Minister |
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
| Preceded by | S. B. Dissanayake |
| Succeeded by | A. H. M. Azwer |
| Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party | |
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Assumed office 15 January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| 12th Chairperson-in-office of the Commonwealth of Nations | |
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In office 9 January 2015 – 27 November 2015 |
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| Head | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Muscat |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Polonnaruwa District |
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In office 15 February 1989 – 9 January 2015 |
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| Succeeded by | Jayasinghe Bandara |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Pallewatte Gamaralalage Maithripala Yapa Sirisena 3 September 1951 Yagoda, Gampaha District, Western Province, Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) |
| Nationality | Sri Lanka |
| Political party |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1968–Present) Communist Party of Ceylon (1966-1968) |
| Other political affiliations |
United People's Freedom Alliance (2004–Present) New Democratic Front (2014–2015) People's Alliance (1994–2004) |
| Spouse(s) | Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari |
| Children | Chathurika Daham Dharani |
| Alma mater |
Royal Central College, Polonnaruwa Agriculture School, Kundasale Maxim Gorky Literature Institute |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Agriculturist |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
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| Website | Official website |
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Sirisena's 100 days Program cabinet 10 most senior members |
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| Office | Name | Term |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe° | Jan-Aug |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Mangala Samaraweera° | Jan-Aug |
| Minister of Defence | Maithripala Sirisena | Jan-Aug |
| Minister of Finance | Ravi Karunanayake° | Jan-Aug |
| Minister of Justice | Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe° | Jan-Aug |
| Minister of Home Affairs | Joseph Michael Perera | Jan-Aug |
| Minister of Industry and Commerce | Rishad Bathiudeen*° | Jan-Aug |
| Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine | Rajitha Senaratne° | Jan-Aug |
| Minister of Education | Akila Viraj Kariyawasam° | Jan-Aug |
| Minister of Agriculture | Duminda Dissanayake° | Jan-Aug |
| *Retained from previous administration °Retained after August elections |
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Pallewatte Gamaralalage Maithripala Yapa Sirisena (pronounced [pallewat̪t̪ə ɡaməraːləlaːɡeː majt̪ɾiːpaːlə jaːpaː siɾiseːnə]; known as Maithripala Sirisena or also referred to as "Maithri"; Sinhalese: මෛත්රිපාල සිරිසේන; Tamil: மைத்திரிபால சிறிசேன; born 3 September 1951) is a Sri Lankan politician who is the 7th and current President of Sri Lanka, since 2015. Although born in the Western Province, Sirisena hails from the North Central Province of the country and is the first president from that province. He is an agriculturist and does not belong to the Sri Lankan political elite.
Sirisena joined mainstream politics in 1989 as a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and has held several ministries since 1994. He was the general-secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and was Minister of Health until November 2014 when he announced his candidacy for the 2015 presidential election as the opposition coalition's "common candidate". His victory in the election is generally viewed as a surprise, coming to office through the votes won from the alternative Sinhala-majority rural constituency and the Tamil and Muslim minority groups that have been alienated by the Rajapaksa government on post-war reconciliation and growing sectarian violence. Their votes were more anti-Rajapaksa than pro-Sirisena. Maithripala Sirisena pledged to implement a 100-day reform program where he promised to rebalance the executive branch within 100 days of being elected, by reinforcing Sri Lanka’s judiciary and parliament, to fight corruption and to investigate allegations of war crimes from 2009, repeal the controversial eighteenth amendment, re-instate the seventeenth amendment and appoint UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister.
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