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Instead, a delegation of officials from the Sri Lanka High Commission in the UK and the Foreign Ministry will represent Sri Lanka at the meeting. [ 58 ] Also on 22 October 2024, Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane led the Sri Lanka delegation to the 2024 BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia. [ 59 ]
The president appoints the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka who can command the confidence of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. [ 2 ] Anura Kumara Dissanayake is the 10th and current president, having assumed office on 23 September 2024, after being declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election .
The president of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the chief executive of Sri Lanka. The president is a dominant political figure in the country. The office was created in 1972, as more of a ceremonial position. It was empowered with executive powers by the 1978 Constitution introduced by J. R. Jayewardene.
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankans voted on Saturday in an election to pick a president who will face the task of bolstering the country's fragile economic recovery following its worst financial ...
The parliamentary election in Sri Lanka on 14 November, called by new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake to bolster legislative support for his policies, could set the tone for addressing the ...
On 20 July, he was elected as the 9th President of Sri Lanka by the Parliament of Sri Lanka in a secret ballot to serve the remainder of Rajapaksa's term, which was supposed to end in November 2024. He defeated his main rival, Dullas Alahapperuma , with 134 votes to 82.
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on Monday, promising change in the island nation long led by powerful political families which is ...
Karunaratne became the President of The Japanese Graduates' Alumni Association of Sri Lanka (JAGAAS) in 2014. He was the Secretary to the same association from 2010 to 2013. He is the Vice President of Sri Lanka Economic Association since October 2014 and he was the editor for Sri Lanka Economic journal published by the same association from ...