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Anura Dissanayake elected new Sri Lanka president
Marxist-leaning Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka’s election: What’s next?
Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake has taken office as Sri Lanka’s president shortly after winning the country’s election. Dissanayake, who was sworn in on Monday after winning Saturday’s polls, has inherited the top job in a nation battered by austerity measures imposed as a part of a bailout deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s new Marxist president?
Dissanayake’s win dealt a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for the unprecedented economic crisis that hit the South Asian island nation two years ago.
Sri Lanka’s has its 1st Marxist president. Dissanayake rebranded JVP party, harnessed citizens’ anger
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a member of parliament since 2000, comes from a working-class family. He was the first from his village to attend university, joining JVP in 1987 as a student.
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Anura Dissanayake: JVP gets its biggest high with his rise
The leader of the JVP's broader front, the National People’s Power (NPP), Dissanayake's anti-corruption message and his ...
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Two years after Sri Lanka’s economic collapse led to the ousting of the Rajapaksa family, Mahinda Rajapaksa speaks out ahead ...
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Xi congratulates new Lankan President Dissanayake, pledges more BRI investment
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday congratulated his newly-elected Sri Lankan counterpart Anura Kumara ...
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