# Ranil Wickremesinghe

> He served as Sri Lanka's prime minister six times across three decades before finally reaching the presidency in 2022 — not through an election, but through parliament's vote after his predecessor fled the country during a political crisis. Two years later, voters delivered their verdict: third place with 17%.

*9th President of Sri Lanka from July 2022 to September 2024*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ranil-wickremesinghe

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1949-03-24
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born into a political family on 24 March 1949, Wickremesinghe qualified as a lawyer in 1972 and entered parliament in 1977 with the United National Party, which he has led since 1994. His first turn as prime minister came in 1993 after President Ranasinghe Premadasa's assassination. He lost presidential bids in 1999 and 2005, then returned as prime minister in 2015 under Maithripala Sirisena — a tenure that ended in constitutional crisis when Sirisena sacked him in 2018, a move the Supreme Court reversed. After losing his seat in 2020, he re-entered parliament via the National List in 2021. In May 2022, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed him prime minister amid escalating unrest; when Rajapaksa resigned two months later, parliament elected Wickremesinghe as the ninth president on 20 July 2022. He ran for a full term in 2024 and finished third with 17.27% of the vote.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 85.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/RW_UNP (@RW_UNP)
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/ranil_wickremesinghe/ (@ranil_wickremesinghe)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/ranil.wickremesinghe.leader (@ranil.wickremesinghe.leader)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1507416/ (@nm1507416)
- **WEBSITE**: https://www.president.gov.lk/

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Law, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q983402)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Ranil%20Wickremesinghe)
- [Ranil Vikramasinqhe](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Vikramasinqhe)
- [রনিল বিক্রমসিংহ](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B9)
- [Ranil Wickremesinghe](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe)
- [ڕانیل ویکریمێسینگ](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8E%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF)
- [Ranil Vikremesinghe](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Vikremesinghe)
- [Ranil Wickremesinghe](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe)
- [Ranil Wickremesinghe](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe)
- [Ρανίλ Γουικρεμεσίνγκε](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%BB_%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B5)
- [Ranil Wickremesinghe](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe)
- [Ranil Wickremesinghe](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe)
- [رانیل ویکرماسینگه](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%87)
- [Ranil Wickremesinghe](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe)
- [Ranil Wickremesinghe](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe)
- [Ranil Wickremesinghe](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe)
- [רניל ויקרמסינגהה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%94%D7%94)
- [रानिल विक्रमसिंघे](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%98%E0%A5%87)
- [Ռանիլ Վիկրամասինգե](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%AC_%D5%8E%D5%AB%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%A5)
- [Ranil Wickremesinghe](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe)
- [Ranil Wickremesinghe](https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe)
- [Ranil Wickremesinghe](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe)
- [ラニル・ウィクラマシンハ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8B%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8F)
- [რანილ ვიკრამასინგჰე](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92%E1%83%B0%E1%83%94)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe)
- [رانيل ويكريمسينغه](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA%D9%87)
- [رانيل ويكريمسينجه](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%87)

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