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Ranil Wickremesinghe Wins Vote, Becomes Sri Lanka's New President

Sally Shakkour

Sally Shakkour

Published July 20th, 2022 - 07:49 GMT
Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was chosen by the parliament to be the new president, Sky News Arabia reported on Wednesday.

After the escape of the former Sri Lankan president due to massive protests against fuel prices and the deteriorating economic situation in the country.

Angry Sri Lankan demonstrators entered the presidential palace forcing Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was appointed as president in 2019, to resign and flee the country on 14 July 2022.

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Sally Shakkour

Sally Shakkour

English team leader and news writer

Sally Shakkour is the leader of the English news team. She is also a news and breaking news writer with over 6-year experience in publishing content and digital journalism. Sally has a good knowledge of Google's SEO as well.

Sally also excels in writing original node stories and monitoring Al Bawaba's social media accounts with her insights and knowledge of current trends and popular issues. She is...

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