Ranil Wickremesinghe
Independent
Ranil Wickremesinghe is the current and 9th executive president of Sri Lanka and is contesting as an Independent Candidate for the 2024 presidential election. Ranil Wickremesinghe is a member of the United National Party (UNP), and he first entered Parliament in 1977, representing the Biyagama electorate. He has had a distinguished career in politics, marked by his long tenure as a Member of Parliament and serving as the Prime Minister on six occassions from 1993 – 1994.
Ranil Wickremesinghe received his primary and secondary education at Royal College, Colombo. Having graduated from Colombo University with a Degree in Law, he enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 1972. He then practised as a lawyer for five years.
Throughout his career, he has held various ministerial positions and played a key role in the United National Party (UNP), the oldest political party in Sri Lanka. His political journey began in 1977, and he has been a consistent presence in Sri Lankan Parliament for the last three decades, with the exception of a brief hiatus. Wickremesinghe had early involvement in the UNP's Youth League and is a lawyer by profession.
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Calculation of Total Expenditure for this 118750.00 LKR Published
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Public Event Report
- Name of the Event: We can - Sri Lanka
- Date of the Event: 2024-08-23
- Time of the Event: 03:30:00
- Duration: 03:30:00 - 05:00:00
- Location: Pothuvil in Ampara District
- Event organized by: Political party
- Type of the event: Community Meeting
- Number of participants : 2500
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Chair Tent Furniture 100000.00 Chair Tent Furniture 18750.00 -
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