Ranil Wickremesinghe
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Ranil Wickremesinghe is a veteran Sri Lankan politician who has served multiple terms as Prime Minister and later as President of Sri Lanka.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Chandrika Kumaratunga
NERFINISHED
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D. B. Wijetunga NERFINISHED ⓘ Gotabaya Rajapaksa NERFINISHED ⓘ Maithripala Sirisena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-03-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Royal College, Colombo
NERFINISHED
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Sri Lanka Law College NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Wickremesinghe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstElectedToParliament | 1977 GENERATED ⓘ |
| fullName | Ranil Shriyan Wickremesinghe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Ranil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNoChildren | true ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Sinhala ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | United National Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Sri Lankan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
becoming President of Sri Lanka during the 2022 political and economic crisis
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serving multiple non-consecutive terms as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| officeAssumed |
President of Sri Lanka, 2022-07-21
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Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, 1993 ⓘ Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, 2001 ⓘ Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, 2015 ⓘ Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, 2018 ⓘ Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, 2022-05-12 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented | Colombo District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Ceylon
NERFINISHED
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Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka
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Leader of the United National Party ⓘ Minister of Education of Sri Lanka ⓘ Minister of Youth Affairs and Employment of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ President of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| precededBy |
D. M. Jayaratne as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2015)
NERFINISHED
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa as President of Sri Lanka ⓘ Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2022) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ratnasiri Wickremanayake as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2001) ⓘ Sirimavo Bandaranaike as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1993) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| profession |
attorney-at-law
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lawyer ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| spouse | Maithree Wickremesinghe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Chandrika Kumaratunga as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1994)
NERFINISHED
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Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2004) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2018) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2019) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Chandrika Kumaratunga (as Prime Minister in 1994)
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primeMinisterDuringPresidency
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Ranil Wickremesinghe
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subject surface form:
Chandrika Kumaratunga
subject surface form:
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake