Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister

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Category : International Published on: May 14 2022

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Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned following violent protests over the worst economic crisis in the debt-ridden island nation.
United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, 73, has been appointed as Prime Minister by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has served as the country's Prime Minister for four terms, was removed from the post of Prime Minister by the then President Maithripala Sirisena in October 2018.