Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new PM

Dinesh Gunawardena took the oath as Sri Lanka’s new prime minister on Friday.

Dinesh Gunawardena takes oath as the brand new prime minister of Sri Lanka (Photo: ANI)

Senior politician Dinesh Gunawardena on Friday took over as Sri Lanka’s prime minister as President Ranil Wickremesinghe swore in his new Cabinet.

A stalwart of Sri Lankan politics, Gunawardena, 73, earlier served because the international minister and schooling minister. He was appointed as Home Minister in April by then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

The prime minister’s put up fell vacant after Wickremesinghe, 73, was on Thursday sworn in because the nation’s eighth president after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the nation after which resigned as president.

He has referred to as for bipartisanship to deal with the unprecedented financial disaster the nation is dealing with.

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