Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday sworn in as Sri Lanka’s eighth president.
Wickremesinghe, 73, sworn in at the parliament premises before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya.
Wickremesinghe, who took over as the Acting President after ex-President Gotabaya Rajapksa fled the country and resigned, is the first Sri Lankan president to be elected by Parliament as per the Constitution.