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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025
Sri Lanka president expected to keep finance portfolio

Sri Lanka Crisis

Reuters
22 July, 2022, 12:55 pm
Last modified: 22 July, 2022, 12:58 pm

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Sri Lanka president expected to keep finance portfolio

Reuters
22 July, 2022, 12:55 pm
Last modified: 22 July, 2022, 12:58 pm
Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn in as new president of Sri Lanka by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya at the parliament, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 21, 2022. Sri Lankan President's Office via REUTERS
Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn in as new president of Sri Lanka by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya at the parliament, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 21, 2022. Sri Lankan President's Office via REUTERS

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to keep the finance portfolio and could also appoint a junior minister to help him out with the department's work, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Friday.

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