Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stability and National Policies.
The Premier took oaths before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, at the President’s House in Colombo this morning as the 39th Finance Minister of independent Sri Lanka. Secretary to the President Gamini Senarath was also present at this occasion.
He has taken a gigantic task of riding over the present economic crisis coupled with social unrest and public protests as result of dwindling foreign reserves, shortage of fuel gas and food as wellas economic crisis triggered by the mismangement of fiscal affairs and short sighted policy implementation.
He is a versatile politician with wide knowledge and strategic thinking and a national list MP from the United National Party .
He has been the leader of the UNP since 1994. Earlier he served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1993 to 1994, 2001 to 2004, 2015 to 2015,[1] 2015 to 2018 and 2018 to 2019 and has served as opposition leader from 1994 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2015..
