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Marxist leader sworn in as president of country with 22M people

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Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake officially entered office as the president of Sri Lanka on Monday .

The 55-year-old defeated President Ranil Wickremesinghe , whose party was accused of leading the country into an economic crisis.

The new leader's party is the People's Liberation Front , a Marxist group that launched two armed insurrections during the 1970s and 1980s .