Sri Lankan President
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Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as Sri Lanka president
TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) –Sri Lanka’s parliament has elected Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country’s eighth president, media sources reported on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka MPs to elect new president after Rajapaksa resigns
TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – Sri Lanka’s Parliament speaker says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned and Parliament will convene to choose a new leader after massive protests took over government buildings to force him out of office.
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Sri Lanka PM office confirms President fled to Maldives
TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office said that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled to the Maldives, hours before he was expected to resign.
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Sri Lanka protesters force president to flee palace
TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka have broken through police barricades and stormed the president’s official residence in one of the largest anti-government marches this year.
