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Wickremesinghe has made several efforts to keep his private life out of politics. His personal life is rarely publicized or discussed. Maithree Wickremesinghe avoided the political spotlight until Wickremesinghe's re-election as prime minister in 2015. [186]
Professor Maithree Wickremesinghe (Sinhala: මෛත්රී වික්රමසිංහ; born 11 August 1964) is the former First Lady of Sri Lanka as the wife of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. She is a Sri Lankan academic, writer, and professor of English at the University of Kelaniya. [1] She specializes in gender and women's ...
Ruwan Wijewardene (cousin) Deshabandu Shanthilal Nilkantha Wickremesinghe, popularly as Shan Wickremesinghe (born 20 December 1947), is a Sri Lankan media proprietor, television presenter and a broadcast engineer. [1][2] He is the founder of Sri Lanka's first television station ITN and the current chairman of TNL TV television and radio network ...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is among the 38 candidates contesting Sri Lanka's presidential election on Saturday, a poll that is key to deciding the future of reforms in a nation battling its ...
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe failed on Monday to secure the backing of the biggest political party in parliament for his re-election bid, posing a major challenge ...
Wickremesinghe cabinet. The Wickremesinghe cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Ranil Wickremesinghe. It was formed in July 2022, following the resignation of Wickremesinghe's predecessor, Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It ended in September 2024 following Wickremesinghe's defeat at the 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election.
Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced a debt restructuring deal with countries including India, France, Japan and China in a televised address to the nation Wednesday. The ...
Born on 25 March 1927, he was the third son of Cyril Wickremesinghe [1] of the Ceylon Civil Service and Esme Moonamalle Goonewardene of Moonamalle Walawwa Kurunegala. One of his brothers was the press baron, Esmond Wickramasinghe. One of his nephews was Ranil Wickremesinghe who would later become the President of Sri Lanka.