The leader of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the 13th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on August 9, reports Colombo Page. Elected to the post for the fourth time, Rajapaksa served two terms as the Executive President of the country from 2005 to 2015. Completing five decades in active politics, Rajapaksa entered the Parliament in 1970 and he played a pivotal role as a Cabinet Minister during 1995-2004 period. First elected as the Prime Minister in 2004, Rajapaksa was sworn in as the Prime Minister for the second time on October 26, 2018. The third time he was sworn in as the Prime Minister was on November 21, 2019.