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Maithree Wickremesinghe. 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]
Prime Minister Wickremasinghe with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, 2015 Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 2015 Wickremesinghe's foreign policy in his third premiership was aimed at re-balancing relations with India and the West that were strained during the previous regime while sustaining good ...
In December 2001, her party the People's Alliance lost the parliamentary election to the UNP, and her political opponent, Ranil Wickremasinghe, became Sri Lanka's new prime minister. She continued as president of Sri Lanka although her relationship with the Wickremasinghe government was a strained one.
The Rajapaksa family (Sinhala: රාජපක්ෂ, romanized: Rājapakṣa) is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in politics. It was one of Sri Lanka's most powerful families during Mahinda Rajapaksa 's presidency, [1] when many members of the family occupied senior positions in the Sri Lankan state. [2][3] They have been particularly ...
Cyril Esmond Lucien Wickremesinghe (29 May 1920 – 29 September 1985) was a Ceylonese media proprietor, lawyer and politician. He also played key role in defeating Sirimavo Bandaranaike that brought United National Party Dudley Senanayake to power in 1965's Parliamentary Election. [1][2] He was also father of President of Sri Lanka and Leader ...
Shan has three younger brothers – Ranil Wickremesinghe, Niraj Wickremesinghe, Channa Wickremesinghe and one younger sister, Kshanika Wickremesinghe. [8] His uncle Lakshman Wickremasinghe was the former Bishop of Kurunegala. His brother Ranil served as Prime Minister in three terms: from 1993 to 1994, from 2001 to 2004 and from 2015 to 2019.
[214] [215] The appointment came despite objections from Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and several other cabinet ministers. [216] [217] Sirisena's son-in-law Thilina Suranjith Wewelpanawa (Chathurika's husband) was appointed public relations officer at the Ministry of Defence in February 2015 — Sirisena is Minister of Defence.
W. Shan Wickremesinghe. Categories: Buddhist families. Political families of Sri Lanka. Families from Western Province, Sri Lanka. Wijewardena family. First families of Sri Lanka.