Ranil Wickremesinghe (Sinhala: රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ; Tamil: ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the ninth president...

country’s history and was held on 21 September 2024. Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first...

president, and Mahinda Rajapaksa also stepping down as prime minister. Ranil Wickremesinghe was first appointed as prime minister and later became the acting...

party was relaunched as an alliance of MPs loyal to former president Ranil Wickremesinghe who had also supported the president in his unsuccessful reelection...

Maithree Wickremesinghe (Sinhala: මෛත්‍රී වික්‍රමසිංහ; born 11 August 1964) is the former First Lady of Sri Lanka as the wife of President Ranil Wickremesinghe...

UNP Ranil Wickremesinghe. Wickremesinghe was born to Cyril Leonard Wickremesinghe, CMG of the Ceylon Civil Service and Esmie Moonemalle Wickremesinghe (née...

Maithripala Sirisena, dismissing incumbent prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Wickremesinghe refused to accept the dismissal stating that it was unconstitutional...

Freedom Alliance withdrew from the unity government. The incumbent, Ranil Wickremesinghe, refused to accept his dismissal, stating that it was unconstitutional...

The Wickremesinghe cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Ranil Wickremesinghe. It was formed in July 2022, following the resignation...

Congress (1) and Eelam People's Democratic Party (1). Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the UNFGG and UNP, was able to form a national government...

again from 2022 to 2024. The UNP has been led by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe since 1994. The party is a member of the International Democracy...

issued to them and requested former presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Ranil Wickremesinghe to return vehicles in excess of their entitlements. During his election...

presidential election. 6 September – Prime Minister and the leader of UNP Ranil Wickremesinghe reportedly expresses his intentions to be the presidential candidate...

resigning after instigating violence against peaceful protests. Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the new prime minister on 12 May. Eventually, protests...

Minister of Health under the premiership of Ranil Wickremesinghe in 2001 and remained until 2004 when the Wickremesinghe government was dissolved by President...

Parliament on 19 July in advance of the election the following day. Ranil Wickremesinghe won the election with 134 votes and was elected as the ninth President...

referring to the rebel LTTE's terrorism. In 2016, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the leader of the United National Party apologized for the burning...

Amidst nationwide protests in 2022, Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned and Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed as his successor. On 13 July 2022, President Gotabaya...

the United National Front led to Sirisena appointing UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as his prime minister, the day Sirisena was elected president. On...

younger brothers – Ranil Wickremesinghe, Niraj Wickremesinghe, Channa Wickremesinghe and one younger sister, Kshanika Wickremesinghe. His uncle Lakshman...

with the Returning Officer. The SJB accused the head of the UNP, Ranil Wickremesinghe, of attempting to save his seat in the parliament through preference...

prime ministers have gone on to become president of the country. Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as prime minister the most times in the country's...

would again be reappointed to their same positions by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on 22 July 2022. A year later, on 18 July 2023, the Working Committee...

protesters seized his home and office, and appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president while he is overseas. Marian, Teena (14 July...

2 April 2004. The ruling United National Party of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was defeated, winning only eighty two seats in the 225-member Sri...

Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned amidst the ongoing economic crisis and Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as his successor. In 2024, Gunawardena resigned. Gunawardena...

sworn in on 21 July 2022. Appointed as prime minister by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on 22 July 2022. Appointed as prime minister by President Anura Kumara...

amendment, re-instate the seventeenth amendment and appoint UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister. He later was reported to have publicly disavowed...

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On 20 November, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had agreed to resign for Rajapaksa to form a caretaker government...

operation in the Red Sea against attacks by Houthi rebels. President Ranil Wickremesinghe and other government officials defend this decision. 13 January –...