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  1. United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (French: Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti), also known as MINUSTAH, an acronym of its French name, was a UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti from 2004 to 2017. It was composed of 2,366 military personnel and 2,533 police, supported by international civilian personnel, a ...

  2. Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka, [ a ] historically known as Ceylon, [ b ] and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. It shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the ...

  3. Lasantha Wickrematunge - Wikipedia

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    Lasantha Wickrematunge was the youngest of six born in Kotahena Colombo, to Chandra and Harris Wickrematunge, a prominent politician, who had served as a Municipal Councillor for 30 years [8] and was former Deputy Mayor. Wickrematunge was the grandnephew of George E. de Silva [9][10] and Agnes de Silva, cousin of Minnette de Silva, Fredrick de ...

  4. Politics of Haiti - Wikipedia

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    The politics of Haiti takes place in the framework of a unitary semi-presidential republic, where the president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. The politics of Haiti are considered historically unstable due to various coups d'état , regime changes, military juntas and internal conflicts.

  5. Politics of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Politics of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a unitary multi-party semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Sri Lanka is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Ministers. Legislative power is vested in the ...

  6. 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis - Wikipedia

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    Ranil Wickremesinghe is elected as the President by the Parliament on 20 July. The 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis was a political crisis in Sri Lanka due to the power struggle between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the people of Sri Lanka. It was fueled by the anti-government protests and demonstrations by the public due to the economic ...

  7. Foreign relations of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Both the major political parties in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the United Nationalist Party have contributed to the rapid development of bilateral relations in the last ten years. Sri Lanka has supported India's candidature to the permanent membership of the UN Security Council. [43] Indonesia: 6 August 1952

  8. Government of Haiti - Wikipedia

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    The government of Haiti is a semi-presidential republic, a multiparty system wherein the President of Haiti is head of state elected directly by popular elections. [ 3 ] The Prime Minister acts as head of government and is appointed by the President, chosen from the majority party in the National Assembly. Executive power is exercised by the ...