Question: who was the first sri lankan politician who held the office of the prime minister for four times
Answer: Ranil Wickramasinghe has been sworn in as prime minister the most times in the country 's history , on four separate occasions ( May 1993 , December 2001 , January 2015 and August 2015 ) , whilst Dudley Shelton Senanayaka and Sirimavo Bandaranayake were appointed three times .