Anura Kumara Dissanayake takes oath as Sri Lanka’s president

ISTANBUL National People’s Power Party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake Monday took oath as the president of Sri Lanka. He is the ninth executive president of the island nation. The Marxist-leaning Sinhalese politician defeated outgoing President Ranil Wickremesinghe and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.

Dissanayaka secured more than 5.74 million votes, representing 55.89% of the valid votes, in the weekend run-off presidential elections defeating Sajith Premadasa.



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