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Ranil Wickremesinghe succeeds Gotabaya Rajapaksa as Sri Lanka's new President

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: July 20, 2022 13:00 IST

The Sri Lankan Parliament Wednesday voted interim president Ranil Wickremesinghe as the next President of the crisis-hit country. He ...

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The Sri Lankan Parliament Wednesday voted interim president Ranil Wickremesinghe as the next President of the crisis-hit country. He won 134 of the total 219 votes that were found valid. The other candidates in fray were ruling-party lawmaker Dullas Alahapperuma, and leader of the leftist Janatha Vimukti Peramuna party Anura Kumara Dissanayaka. 

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