Sri Lanka’s newly elected president is sworn into office - NBC News
WEBJul 21, 2022 · Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president Thursday to take charge of a nation bitterly angry he will remain in power amid an economic crisis.
Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected president by MPs - BBC
WEBJul 20, 2022 · 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...
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Sri Lanka sees new president sworn into office - BBC
WEBJul 21, 2022 · Sri Lanka's Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as president, amid hopes that he will pull the country out of its economic suffering. The 73-year-old took his oath at the tightly-guarded...
Ranil Wickremesinghe Elected President of Sri Lanka - The New York Times
WEBJul 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...
Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as President by parliament - CNN
WEBJul 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 becomes interim president of Sri Lanka - NBC News
WEBJul 15, 2022 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka ’s interim president Friday until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass...
Ranil Wickremesinghe elected crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s new president
WEBJul 20, 2022 · Colombo, Sri Lanka – The parliament in Sri Lanka has elected veteran politician and six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the crisis-hit island nation’s eighth president....
Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lankan president amid unrest
WEBJul 21, 2022 · Colombo, Sri Lanka – Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s eighth executive president at a ceremony in the Parliament in the capital, Colombo.
Wickremesinghe chosen Sri Lanka PM in effort to quell crisis
WEBCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Five-time former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was reappointed on Thursday in an effort to bring stability to the island nation, which is engulfed in a political and economic crisis.
Ranil Wickremesinghe: The six-time Sri Lankan PM who became president - BBC
WEBJul 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...
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