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Jul 16, 2022 · “Ranil Wickremesinghe should step down because he came in defence of this corrupt system and he has failed five times before as prime minister,” said Catholic priest Jeevantha Peiris, who has ...
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- Hannah Ellis-Petersen
Jul 20, 2022 · Six-time Prime Minister and acting President Ranil Wickremesinghewas on Wednesday elected President of Sri Lanka — a post he has coveted but never held in his nearly half-century-long political ...
Jul 20, 2022 · Wickremesinghe was elected by parliamentarians in a process laid out in Sri Lanka's constitution to serve for the remainder of ex-President Rajapaksa's term, until 2024. He has been prime minister ...
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- Arshad R,Zargar
Jul 20, 2022 · Political stalwart Ranil Wickremesinghe became Sri Lanka's president on Wednesday, securing votes from 134 of 225 parliamentarians, despite his United National Party holding only one seat in the chamber. His election was a blow for many protesters at the secretariat and adjoining protest camp in the commercial capital Colombo, which has been ...
May 12, 2022 · Ranil Wickremesinghe has been prime minister of Sri Lanka five times before. (AP: Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lanka has appointed a new prime minister in the hopes of quelling worsening civil unrest ...
Jul 20, 2022 · Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 25. Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday elected former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of the crisis-hit South Asian country, in a ...
Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as the President of Sri Lanka on 21 st July 2022. He has been the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on six occasions. He was first appointed PM from 1993 – 1994 after the assassination of President Ranasinghe Premadasa. Subsequently, from 2001 to 2004, he was elected as the Prime Minister to lead the United ...
