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24 November, 2019

Former President and the leader of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on November 21. Fifteen Ministers were sworn in before him at the Presidential Secretariat on November 22 morning.

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