Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as President

Leader of the United National Party (UNP) Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the eighth Executive President of Sri Lanka a short while ago (21).

The six-time Prime Minister was sworn in before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya at the Parliamentary Complex at 10:00 am today.

Wickremesinghe was elected the President following a secret ballot held in Parliament yesterday (20), which he won by a majority of 134 votes.