Who was appointed as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka?
A. Ranil Wickremesinghe
B. Maithripala Sirisena
C. Arjuna Ranatunga
D. Mahinda Rajapaksa
Answer:D
Who was appointed as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka?
A. Ranil Wickremesinghe B. Maithripala Sirisena C. Arjuna Ranatunga D. Mahinda Rajapaksa
Explanation: President Maithripala Sirisena on October 26, 2018 announced through a live television address that Ranil Wickremesinghe, with whom he had governed in a fragile coalition since 2015, had been dismissed and in his place, he had decided to appoint former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, the same man he had joined forces with Wickremasinghe in 2015 to defeat.