The Sri Lankan presidential line of succession is the order in which the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and other persons of the Sri Lankan government may assume the powers and duties of the President of Sri Lanka upon the incapacity, resignation or death of an incumbent President.
Constitutional procedure The first of three paragraphs that make up Article 40 of the Constitution states that:
Current order Until the Parliament of Sri Lanka is able to elect a new president, the following order is applied for the line of succession to act as President of Sri Lanka. The current presidential line of succession as specified by the constitution is: No. Office IncumbentParty 1 Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya National People's Power 2 Speaker of the Parliament Jagath Wickramaratne National People's Power
List of acting presidents No.Successor PartyPresident Party Reason Date 1Dingiri Banda Wijetunga United National PartyRanasinghe Premadasa United National Party Death 1 May 1993 ( into Premadasa's presidency) 2Ranil Wickremesinghe United National PartyGotabaya Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Resignation 14 July 2022 ( into Rajapaksa's presidency)
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