Ranil Wickremesinghe

Ranil Wickremesinghe, MP (, ; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who was the 9th President of Sri Lanka from 2022 until 2024. He was the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 12 May 2022 until 20 July 2022. He was Prime Minister before from 1993 to 1994, 2001 to 2004 and 2015 to 2019.

Before, he was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka two times, from 7 May 1993 to 19 August 1994 and from 9 December 2001 to 6 April 2004. A member of the United National Party he was nominated as party leader in November 1994. He is also the leader of the United National Front having been nominated head of the organization in October 2009.

On 9 July 2022, Wickremesinghe announced he was ready to resign to make way for an all-party government as protesters stormed and burned his residence that day. Later in the evening, protesters broke into the Wickremesinghe's private residence in Colombo and set it on fire.

On 15 July 2022, Wickremesinghe was nominated as the United National Party's presidential nominee for the 2022 presidential election. He was elected president on 20 July 2022 and was sworn-in the next day.

Wickremesinghe lost his re-election in 2024, winning 17.2% of the vote.

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