Ranil Wickremesinghe - Wikipedia
Ranil Wickremesinghe (Sinhala: රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ; Tamil: ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the ninth president of Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2024.
Sri Lankan Leader’s Leftist Coalition Wins Elections
20 hours ago · Mr. Wickremesinghe took the reins after Mr. Rajapaksa resigned in 2022, and he led Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring negotiations with the International Monetary Fund and its external creditors.
Ranil Wickremesinghe: The six-time Sri Lankan PM who became president - BBC
Jul 20, 2022 · Ranil Wickremesinghe has been promoted from being Sri Lanka's prime minister to its new president within a matter of days. He now has the job he has long coveted - but the challenges he...
Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected president by MPs - BBC
Sri Lankan MPs have elected prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. Mr Wickremesinghe faces the task of leading the country...
Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as President by parliament - CNN
Jul 20, 2022 · Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday elected former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of the crisis-hit South Asian country, in a move likely to anger protesters who have been...
Ranil Wickremesinghe bids an emotional farewell to Lanka …
Colombo, President Ranil Wickremesinghe who lost Sri Lanka's presidential election on Sunday bid an emotional farewell to his 26 months job as the island nation's president and handed...
Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka’s newly elected president, is …
Jul 21, 2022 · Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe, seen as an ally of his ousted predecessor, is taking charge of a nation bitterly angry he will remain in power amid an economic crisis.
Ranil Wickremesinghe Elected President of Sri Lanka - The New York Times
Jul 20, 2022 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The election of Ranil Wickremesinghe as president of Sri Lanka on Wednesday represented the triumph of establishment politics over a social movement calling for wholesale...
Profile: Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka’s new president
Jul 21, 2022 · Colombo, Sri Lanka – Ranil Wickremesinghe has been elected Sri Lanka’s new president, less than a week after his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa was forced to flee the country amid mass protests...
Wickremesinghe, a wily political survivor, elected Sri Lanka's ...
COLOMBO, July 20 (Reuters) - Ranil Wickremesinghe, a lawyer who served as Sri Lanka's prime minister a record six times, has finally made it to the top job, securing the presidency after...