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| Photographs Ranil Wickremesinghe's Facebook page |
Ranil Wickremesinghe, the leader of the United National Party (UNP) was sworn in on Friday as Sri Lanka's prime minister, following the party's election victory this week.
This would be the fourth time Mr Wickremesinghe has served that position. He was previously appointed in 1993, following the assassination of the former president Ranasinghe Premadasa, then in 2001 when the the UNP led coalition won the parliamentary elections, and finally in January this year, when President Sirisena appointed Mr Wickremesinghe as prime minister.
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The former president, Mahinda Rajapaksa also attended the event.
The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, congratulated Mr Wickremesinghe on Friday, tweeting, "Congratulations & best wishes to Ranil Wickremesinghe on being sworn-in as Sri Lanka's Prime Minister".
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