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Jul 21, 2022 · 21 Jul 2022. Colombo, Sri Lanka – Ranil Wickremesinghe has been elected Sri Lanka’s new president, less than a week after his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa was forced to flee the country amid ...
Jul 20, 2022 · A week after he was appointed caretaker president, Ranil Wickremesinghe has been elected Sri Lanka’s new president after a parliament vote count on Wednesday, 20 July. The vote could lead to ...
Jul 20, 2022 · Sri Lanka's parliament on Wednesday (Jul 20) elected Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president , despite fierce public opposition to his candidacy. Wickremesinghe, a six-time former prime minister ...
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Jul 20, 2022 · Sri Lankan MPs have elected prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. Mr Wickremesinghe faces the task of leading the country ...
Jul 21, 2022 · Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the new president of Sri Lanka by the Chief Justice in parliament. Sri Lanka's Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as president, amid hopes that he will ...
Jul 20, 2022 · Sri Lanka's parliament elected longtime politician Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's new president in a secret ballot on Wednesday. He previously served as prime minister to the former ...
Mr Wickremesinghe then became acting president on 13 July when Mr Rajapaksa fled. But his new role got off to an inauspicious start when he declared a nationwide state of emergency, only to have ...
