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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2022 — General Studies · Question 170 of 200

Q170
Current Affairs & General KnowledgeInternational Affairs & Organisations
Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in May, 2022?
  1. a.Mahinda Rajapaksa
  2. b.D. M. Jayaratne
  3. c.Ranil Wickremesinghe
  4. d.Sirimaro Bandaranaike

Answer: (C) Ranil Wickremesinghe

Answer as of 2022 — this may have changed since.

Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in May 2022, replacing Mahinda Rajapaksa who resigned amid mass protests over the country's worst economic crisis. Wickremesinghe was serving his sixth stint as Prime Minister and was subsequently elected President of Sri Lanka in July 2022.

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