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Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka sometime between 17 September and 16 October 2024, according to the Constitution of Sri Lanka. [1] Voters will elect a president for a term of five years. Incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe is eligible to run for re-election. [2]
The president of Sri Lanka ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති Śrī Laṃkā Janādhipathi; Tamil: இலங்கை சனாதிபதி Ilankai janātipati) is the head of state and head of government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The president is the chief executive of the union ...
2024 presidential election. On 29 August 2023, the NPP announced that Dissanayake would run for president again in 2024. Dissanayake has been highly critical of the Government of Sri Lanka and the IMF, claiming that the IMF only wants to bailout corrupt regimes. Electoral history
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka ... — who was also Rajapaksa’s finance minister and became acting president after the leader fled — will finish the presidential term ending in 2024. He can now also ...
Attorney at law. Other offices held. 2001–2019: Leader of the United National Front for Good Governance [a] Ranil Wickremesinghe [b] (born March 24, 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who is the 9th and current President of Sri Lanka. [2] [3] He also holds several ministerial positions, including the Minister of Finance, Minister of Defence ...
21 April – 2024 Fox Hill Supercross race crash: Seven people are killed and 18 others are injured after a racecar plows into spectators at a racing event organised by the Sri Lanka Military Academy in Diyatalawa. May. 1 May – 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election: Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe announces he will run for president.
In February 2024, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, quashed the cabinet decision on 15 October 2019 to allow President Sirisena the continued use his official residence in Paget Road, Colombo following his term as president. The three-judge-bench held that decision by Cabinet of Ministers on the benefits of a retiring President while in office ...
Politics of Sri Lanka. An indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Sri Lanka on 20 July 2022 following the resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 14 July. The president of Sri Lanka was elected by the Parliament of Sri Lanka in a secret ballot to decide who would complete the remainder of Gotabaya Rajapaksa's term.