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Residence of Ranil Wickremesinghe

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115 Fifth Lane
Location in Greater Colombo
General information
Address	No 115, Fifth Lane
Town or city	Colombo
Country	Sri Lanka
Coordinates	6°54′20″N 79°51′21″E / 6.9055384°N 79.8558099°E / 6.9055384; 79.8558099

115 Fifth Lane (commonly known as Fifth Lane) is the home of Ranil Wickremesinghe, the former Prime Minister and President of Sri Lanka. It was built by Wickremesinghe's father, press baron Esmond Wickremesinghe. In his capacity as Prime Minister, Wickremesinghe continued to live at Fifth Lane, using the Prime Minister's official residence, Temple Trees, only for official functions during his time as Prime Minister, with the exception of the 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis. During Wickremesinghe's tenure as opposition leader, he met many foreign dignitaries at Fifth Lane.

The living room of Fifth Lane was badly damaged on 23 March 1965 when a bomb was thrown into the house and exploded moments after Dudley Senanayake had left the premises while negotiations were underway to form a government.

On July 9, 2022, protestors stormed the residence, in connection with the political and the economic crisis which was going on since 2019. Subsequently, Wickremesinghe stated his willingness to resign, in order to make way for an all-party government. The residence was broken in to by protestors and set on fire at just after 21:10 (16:40 BST). Wickremesinghe was not present during the arrival of protestors.

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"PM's private house set on fire". NewsWire. July 9, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
"Lanka PM House Set On Fire, Protesters Breach President's Home: 10 Facts". NDTV. July 9, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.

v t e Ranil Wickremesinghe
9th President of Sri Lanka (2022–2024) 10th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1993–1994), (2001–2004), (2015–2019), (2022) Leader of the Opposition (1994–2001), (2004–2015) National List Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament (2021–2022) Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Colombo (1994–2020) Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Gampaha (1977–1994)
Presidency	16th Parliament of Sri Lanka Inauguration Presidential trips Cabinet 2019 economic crisis 2022 Sri Lankan protests 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis 2023 Sri Lankan blackouts Operation Yukthiya Online Safety Bill
Premierships	Parliaments 9th 12th 14th 15th 16th Prime ministerial trips Cabinets Wijetunga Kumaratunga Sirisena I Sirisena II Sirisena IV G. Rajapaksa IV Central Bank of Sri Lanka bond scandal 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
Electoral history	Parliamentary 1977 1989 1994 2000 2001 2004 2010 2015 2020 Presidential 1999 2005 2022 2024
Family	Maithree Wickremesinghe (wife) Esmond Wickremesinghe (father) Shan Wickremesinghe (brother)
Related	115 Fifth Lane Batalanda detention centre
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