Ranil Wickremesinghe

Ranil Wickremesinghe is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the ninth president of Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2024. He has also served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1993–1994, 2001–2004, 2015–2018, 2018-2019 and in 2022. Wickremesinghe has held several ministerial roles, including Minister of Finance, Minister of Defence, Minister of Technology and Minister of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment. Wickremesinghe has led the United National Party (UNP) since 1994. He is also the eighth executive president of Sri Lanka, a role established by the 1977 constitutional amendment that expanded presidential powers.

Occupation

politician, lawyer, head of government

Position held

Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Leader of the Opposition, Minister of Education, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Citizenship

Sri Lanka

Born

March 24, 1949

Website

https://www.president.gov.lk/