Harini Amarasuriya
Harini Amarasuriya[a] (born 6 March 1970) is a Sri Lankan academic, activist, and politician. She has been the 16th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 2024. She is the third woman to hold this office. She is a member of the National People's Power.
On 24 September 2024, Amarasuriya was sworn in as the sixteenth Prime Minister of Sri Lanka by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.[1] She is the first prime minister of her party, and the third female to hold the role after Sirimavo Bandaranaike and Chandrika Kumaratunga.[2]
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ Sinhala: හරිනි අමරසූරිය, romanized: Harini Amarasūriya
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ Jamkhandikar, Shilpa (24 Septemeber 2024). "Sri Lanka President Dissanayake picks Harini Amarasuriya as PM". Reuters. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ↑ "Former academic named Sri Lanka's third female prime minister". BBC. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
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