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Soon after he was appointed as the president, Wickremesinghe vowed to crack down on the 2022 anti-government protests. Wickremesinghe denounced the protestors as " fascists ". [ 172 ] Security forces raided the protest site in Galle Face Green in the early hours of 22 July, a day after Wickremesinghe was sworn in. 50 protestors were injured and ...
Since then Prime Minister Wickremesinghe discharged the powers and functions of the office of the President in an Acting Capacity where he was outright elected as the Executive President after he was voted in through a secret ballot election conducted by the Parliament on Wednesday, 20 July 2022. [1] He received 134 out of the 219 valid votes. [2]
Wickremesinghe: 20th [8] 20 July 2022 23 September 2024 2022 [N 1] 2 years, 2 months and 9 days: Appointed as acting president following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country amidst the 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis. [9] On 20 July 2022 he was elected by Parliament to the office of president under Article 40 of the ...
Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lankan president during a ceremony at the country’s parliament building on Thursday, July 21.Wickremesinghe was elected as president by Sri Lankan ...
Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe won a vote in parliament on Wednesday to be the country's next president until 2024. He takes over from former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa who ...
[16] [17] Ranil Wickremesinghe was first appointed as prime minister and later became the acting president following Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation. In a parliamentary vote on 20 July 2022, Wickremesinghe was elected as the 9th President of Sri Lanka, tasked with completing the remainder of Rajapaksa's term. [18]
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's election panel gave approval on Thursday for President Ranil Wickremesinghe to contest a presidential poll set for Sept. 21 in the Indian Ocean nation, grappling ...
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.