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Ranil Wickremesinghe (born March 24, 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who is the 9th and current President of Sri Lanka. He also holds several ministerial positions, including the Minister of Finance, Minister of Defence, Minister of Technology and Minister of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment.
- Sri Lankan
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Himself (Acting)
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...
Jul 21, 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 mass protests...
Jul 20, 2022 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The election of Ranil Wickremesinghe as president of Sri Lanka on Wednesday represented the triumph of establishment politics over a social movement calling for wholesale...
Jul 20, 2022 · 20 July 2022. By Simon Fraser & Robert Plummer & George Wright,BBC News. Reuters. Ranil Wickremesinghe has been promoted from being Sri Lanka's prime minister to its new president within a...
Jul 20, 2022 · Ranil Wickremesinghe, 73, who gained his nickname for his apparently wily ability to repeatedly resurrect his political career, has been prime minister six times since he first entered politics...
Jul 21, 2022 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka ’s new president Thursday to take charge of a nation bitterly angry he will remain in power amid an...
