constituency_mp nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater imagesize profession term_start spouse image occupation deputy predecessor parliament birth_place president party office website successor religion primeminister article_title birth_name
colombo gampaha biyagama sri lankan 24 march 1949 6 10 october 2001 16 august 1994 15 february 1989 may april 1993 1989 1980 2004 19 august 1994 9 january 2015 royal college , colombo university of colombo 200px lawyer 9 22 april 2004 28 october 1994 16 august 1994 15 january february 1989 21 july 1977 12 january 2015 1989 14 2015 february 1980 5 october 1977 19 august 1994 9 december 2001 7 may 1993 dr maitree wickramasinghe r wickremasinghe.jpg politician sajith premadasa karu jayasuriya d. gamini dissanayake '' constituency created '' basil rajapaksa d.b. wijetunga m. jayaratne ratnasiri wickremanayake d.b. wijetunga mahinda rajapaksa sri lankan sri lankan sri lankan dominion of ceylon -lrb- now sri lanka -rrb- maithripala rajapaksa chandrika kumaratunga maithripala sirisena ranasinghe premadasa j. r. jayewardene sirisena j. r. jayewardene chandrika kumaratunga d.b. wijetunga chandrika kumaratunga mahinda united national party prime minister of policy planning and economic development minister of industries minister , science & technology minister of education minister of youth of affairs & employment leader of the united national party sri lanka leader of the opposition official website mahinda wickremanayake '' constituency abolished '' rajapaksa chandrika kumaratunga nimal siripala de silva ratnasiri theravada buddhism mahinda ratnasiri wickremanayake '' ` himself '' ' d.b. wijetunga ranasinghe rajapaksa premadasa ranasinghe premadasa ratnasiri wickremanayake d. m. jayaratne sirimavo bandaranaike ranil wickremesinghe
 ranil wickramasinghe
ranil wickremesinghe

ranil shriyan wickremesinghe , mp -lrb- , ; born 24 march 1949 -rrb- is a sri lankan politician who has served as the prime minister of sri lanka since 9 january 2015 , as leader of the united national party since 1994 and the member of parliament for colombo district since 1977 .
he is also the leader of the united national front , having been appointed head of the alliance in october 2009 .
wickremesinghe also previously served as prime minister from 7 may 1993 to 19 august 1994 and 9 december 2001 to 6 april 2004 .
he was appointed party leader in november 1994 following the assassination of gamini dissanayake during the campaign for the 1994 presidential election .
on 8 january 2015 , wickremesinghe was appointed as prime minister by president maithripala sirisena , who had defeated president mahinda rajapaksa in the 2015 presidential election .
wickremesinghe 's coalition alliance , the united national front for good governance , won the 2015 parliamentary election , although it fell short of an outright majority , and wickremesinghe was re-elected as prime minister .
