23 July, 2022
Leader of the House Minister Dinesh Gunawardena took oaths as the 27th Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka before President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Prime Minister’s office on Friday, July 22. Gunawardena embarked on active politics in the late 1970s and entered Parliament in 1983 representing the Maharagama electoral district. He held Cabinet ministerial portfolios under various Governments. Here President Wickremesinghe greets his old Royal College friend and classmate Gunawardena after being sworn in as the new Prime Minister. Pic: courtesy President’s Media Division