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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 ...
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 ...
Ranil Wickremesinghe won the election with 134 votes and was elected as the ninth President of Sri Lanka. [5] The election, which was held amid a political crisis , [ 6 ] was the first time in the history of Sri Lanka that a vote took place in Parliament to elect a President.
This is a list of presidential international trips made by Ranil Wickremesinghe, who served as the 9th President of Sri Lanka from 21 July 2022 to 23 September 2024. Wickremesinghe, then Prime Minister, meets with Narendra Modi in New Delhi, October 2018.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new PM on 12 May 2022. On 9 July, Rajapaksa announces his intention to resign as President of Sri Lanka on 13 July 2022. Rajapaksa flees the country on 13 July, fails to resign as pledged, and designates Wickremesinghe acting president in his absence. [1] [2] [3]
News. Science & Tech ... combat corruption and end the austerity regime imposed under his predecessor Ranil Wickremesinghe, who secured an IMF bailout for the nation but raised the cost of living ...
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Wickremesinghe was accused of being a dictator in UNP during his time as opposition leader. [82] [83] Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha Thero said that Wickremesinghe was acting like a dictator. [84] [85] In 2010, UNP MP Dayasiri Jayasekara accused that within the constitution of the UNP, Ranil Wickremesinghe is not a democratic leader but a dictator.