Academician-turned-politician Harini Amarasuriya appointed as Sri Lanka's new PM
National People's Power (NPP) MP Dr. Harini Amarasuriya on Tuesday took oath as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn-in as the executive president of the Island country on Monday after he clinched a major victory in the polls.
Harini Amarasuriya was also sworn in as the Minister of Justice, Education, Labour, Industries, Science & Technology, Health, and Investments.
Harini Amarasuriya succeeded Dinesh Gunawardena who resigned as the PM of the South Asian country, which witnessed political and economic instability in recent years, after the unsuccessful re-election bid of Ranil Wickremesinghe in the presidential elections.
Harini Amarasuriya is now the third woman to become Sri Lanka's PM.
Amarasuriya has been a National List Member of Parliament for National People's Power since 2020. She was previously a senior lecturer at the Department of Social Studies of the Open University of Sri Lanka.
Amarasuriya holds a PhD degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh.
Before Amarasuriya, Sirimavo Bandaranaike and Chandrika Kumaratunga had served as Sri Lankan PM.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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