Sri Lanka election: Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake becomes …
WEB6 days ago · Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country into economic crisis.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Left-leaning leader wins Sri Lanka …
WEBSep 22, 2024 · No candidate won more than 50% of the total votes in the first round, where Dissanayake got 42.31% while his closest rival, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, got 32.76%.
Sri Lanka election results: Marxist-leaning Dissanayake elected as ...
WEB6 days ago · Gabrielle Fonseca Johnson/Reuters. COLOMBO Reuters —. Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as their new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight ...
Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka's presidential election as …
WEB6 days ago · Eranga Jayawardena/AP. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to data released by the Election Commission Sunday, as ...
Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka’s presidential election ... - AP News
WEBUpdated 8:31 PM PDT, September 22, 2024. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the South Asian nation into economic ruin.
Sri Lanka Elects Leftist Leader Dissanayake as President - The New …
WEBSep 22, 2024 · The Marxist candidate, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, was elected president of Sri Lanka on Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger at the established political order that ran the South Asian...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka's president - BBC
WEB6 days ago · Sri Lanka's new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been sworn into office, promising "clean" politics as the country recovers from its worst economic crisis. The left-leaning Dissanayake has ...
Who is Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake? - BBC
WEB6 days ago · Dissanayake was born on 24 November, 1968 in Galewela, a multi-cultural and multi-religious town in central Sri Lanka. Raised as a member of the middle-class, he is public school educated, has a ...
Sri Lankans elect Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix ...
WEBSep 21, 2024 · Dissanayake wins run-off after second round of counting First election since Sri Lanka's 2022 economic crisis Dissanayake polls 42.3% of counted votes Opposition leader Premadasa gets 32.8% ...
Sri Lanka’s Dissanayake a strong contender for president with his ...
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Dissanayake says despite his party’s long-held policy of nationalizing the country’s resources, they accept economic freedom and foreign trade. He plans to uphold the agreement with the IMF while his administration negotiates changes to ease the …
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