Read the bio below and try to give details on maithripala sirisena 's: - profession - website - signature - president - successor - spouse - predecessor - primeminister - office - term end - children - term start - name - occupation - image - religion - alma mater Bio: pallewatte gamaralalage maithripala yapa sirisena -lrb- ; known as maithripala sirisena or also referred to as '' maithri '' ; ; ; born 3 september 1951 -rrb- is a sri lankan politician who has been 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 a farmer and agriculturist and does not belong to any of 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 . sirisena was sworn in as the sixth executive president before supreme court judge k. sripavan in independence square , colombo at 6.20 pm on 9 january 2015 . immediately afterwards he appointed ranil wickremesinghe as the new prime minister . after being sworn in sirsena stated that he would only serve one term . on april 28 , 2015 , sirisena voluntarily transferred significant presidential...
- profession is agriculturist- website is official website- signature is signature of maithripala sirisena.svg- president is mahinda rajapaksa chandrika kumaratunga chandrika kumaratunga chandrika kumaratunga- successor is mahinda m. azwer yapa abeywardena nimal siripala de silva a. h.- spouse is jayanthi pushpa kumari- predecessor is w. j. m. lokubandara s. b. dissanayake- primeminister is ratnasiri people 's freedom alliance -lrb- 2004 -- '' present '' wickremanayake -rrb- people 's alliance -lrb- 1994 -- 2004 -rrb- mahinda rajapaksa mahinda rajapaksa ratnasiri wickremanayake united- office is leader and rajarata development minister of mahaweli development and parliamentary affairs of the house minister of irrigation , mahaweli- term end is 23 2001 april 2010 9 august 2005 23 november 2005- children is chathurika daham dharani- term start is 23 1997 november 2005 3 may 2004 10 april 2004- name is maithripala sirisena- occupation is politician- image is maithripala sirisena -lrb- cropped -rrb- . jpg- religion is theravada buddhism- alma mater is royal maxim gorky lit institute , moscow central college , polonnaruwa agriculture school , kundasale