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Presidents since 2019

How the presidency passed from Gotabaya Rajapaksa to Ranil Wickremesinghe to Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the inquiry into Wickremesinghe that followed, and the opposition led by Sajith Premadasa. Dashed links are arrests or inquiries that no court has upheld.

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People (15)

• A. H. M. FowzieConvicted
  • Former Minister of Disaster Management; SJB MP from February 2023
• Anura Kumara Dissanayake
  • President of Sri Lanka since September 2024; leader of the National People’s Power
• Bharatha Lakshman PremachandraDeceased
• Bimal Rathnayake
  • Minister of transport, highways, ports and civil aviation since November 2024
• Dullas Alahapperuma
  • Minister of education, sports and youth affairs from November 2019; candidate in the 2022 parliamentary vote for president
• Duminda SilvaConvictedIn custody
  • Former Member of Parliament
• Gotabaya Rajapaksa
  • President of Sri Lanka, elected November 2019; Defence Secretary until 2015
• Harini Amarasuriya
  • Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since September 2024
• Hirunika Premachandra
  • Former SJB Member of Parliament
• Maithree Wickremesinghe
• Maithripala Sirisena
  • President of Sri Lanka in 2019
• Ranil WickremesingheOn bail
  • President of Sri Lanka, 2022 to 2024; six-time prime minister; leader of the United National Party
• Sajith Premadasa
  • Leader of the Opposition in the 10th Parliament, recognised November 2024; leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya since February 2020
• Shan Wijayalal de SilvaOn bail
  • Former Chief Minister of the Southern Province and former MP; joined the SJB in January 2024
• Vijitha Herath
  • Foreign minister since November 2024

Organisations (5)

• Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption
  • Anti-corruption commission
• Criminal Investigation Department
  • Police investigation unit
• National People’s Power (NPP)
  • Political coalition
• Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)
  • Political alliance, formed February 2020 by a faction of the United National Party
• United National Party (UNP)
  • Political party

Cases and events (5)

• Dematagoda abduction case
• Disaster Management Ministry vehicle case
  • Personal use of a vehicle given by the Netherlands for disaster management work
• Presidential election, 21 September 2024
• Presidential election, November 2019
• State funds inquiry into 2023 UK visit
  • Misuse of about Rs. 16.9 million in public funds on a 2023 visit to Britain