Maithripala sirisena biography of william

  • First president of sri lanka
  • Sri lanka president and prime minister
  • Jr jayawardena

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    Executive PresidentHis Excellency J. R. Jayewardene04 February - 02 January (The Executive Presidency was created by the Second Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) which came into operation on '78 - Gaz. /14 of '78)  

    His Excellency Ranasinghe Premadasa

    02 January * - 01 May *Gaz. /3 of   

    His Excellency D. B. Wijetunga

    07 May - 12 November (Hon. D. B. Wijetunga in his capacity as Prime Minister was sworn in as Acting President on the untimely death of President Premadasa on '93 and he functioned in this capacity till when he was elected by Parliament to the office of President under Article 40 of the Constitution. (Gaz/17 of '93))  

    Her Excellency Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga

    12 November - 19 November   

    His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa

    19 November * - 09 January *Gaz /12 of   His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena09 January * - 1

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    First Lady of Sri Lanka

    Spouse of the president of Sri Lanka

    First Lady of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති ආර්යා, romanized:&#;Śrī Laṃkā Janādhipathi Aryā; Tamil: இலங்கை முதல் பெண்மணி, romanized:&#;Ilankai Mutal Peṇmaṇi) refers to the wife of the President of Sri Lanka. In recent years the holders of the title have been formally or informally referred to by the title First Lady or First Lady of Sri Lanka, though there are no provisions for such in the constitution.[1]

    To date, there have been eight women who have served in the role. The current First Lady of Sri Lanka is Mallika Dissanayaka, wife of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who has held the position since 23 September [2][3] There have been no first gentlemen of Sri Lanka to date, since former President Chandrika Kumaratunga, the country's only female head of state, was a widow while in office.

    Origins

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    The office of the president of Sri Lanka was created

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    Ranil Wickremesinghe

    President of Sri Lanka from to

    Ranil Wickremesinghe (Sinhala: රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ; Tamil: ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க; born 24 March ) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the ninth president of Sri Lanka from to Previously, he served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from –, –, –, and in He 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 and has been Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on six occasions.

    Born into a political family, Wickremesinghe graduated from the University of Ceylon and qualified as a lawyer from the Ceylon lag College in He entered politics in the mids with the UNP, first being elected to Parliament in Over the years, he held various ministerial positions, including Minister of Foreign Affairs, Youth Affairs and Employment, and Industry, Science and Technology. He first