 | Leaders of Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; to 1972, Dominion of Ceylon) |
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Note: From the accession to independence (4 Feb 1948) to the adoption of the Republic of Sri Lanka (22 May 1972) the head of State was the British monarch, represented by a Governor-General.
Parties, fronts, alliances: EJP: United National Party - MEP: People's United Front - NPP: New Democratic Front - SLMP: Sri Lanka People's Party - SLNP: Sri Lanka Freedom Party - SLNPS: Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLNP, SLMP, SLPP and others) - SLPP: Sri Lanka People's Front
 Heads of State |
Governors-General Henry Monck-Mason Moore 4 Feb 1948 - 6 Jul 1949 (1964) Herwald Ramsbotham 6 Jul 1949 - 17 Jul 1954 (1971) Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke 17 Jul 1954 - 2 Mar 1962 (1978) William Gopallawa 2 Mar 1962 - 22 May 1972 (1981) Presidents of the Republic William Gopallawa 22 May 1972 - 4 Feb 1978 (1981) n/p Junius Richard Jayewardene 4 Feb 1978 - 2 Jan 1989 (1996) EJP Ranasinghe Premadasa 2 Jan 1989 - 1 May 1993 (1993) EJP Dingiri Banda Wijetunge 1 May 1993 - 12 Nov 1994 (2008) EJP Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga 12 Nov 1994 - 19 Nov 2005 SLMP/SLNP Mahinda Rajapaksa 19 Nov 2005 - 9 Jan 2015 SLNP Maithripala Sirisena 9 Jan 2015 - 18 Nov 2019 NPP, SLNP/SLNPS Gotabhaya Rajapaksa 18 Nov 2019 - 13 Jul 2022 SLPP/SLNPS Ranil Wickremasinghe 13 Jul 2022 - EJP (acting to 21 Jul 2022 [for Rajapaksa to 15 Jul 2022]) |
| Prime Ministers |
Don Stephen Senanayake 4 Feb 1948 - 22 Mar 1952 (1952) EJP Dudley Shelton Senanayake 26 Mar 1952 - 12 Oct 1953 (1973) EJP John Lionel Kotalawela 12 Oct 1953 - 12 Apr 1956 (1980) EJP Solomon Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike 12 Apr 1956 - 26 Sep 1959 (1959) SLNP Vijayananda Dahanayake 26 Sep 1959 - 21 Mar 1960 (1997) SLNP Dudley Shelton Senanayake 21 Mar 1960 - 21 Jul 1960 (1973) EJP Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike 21 Jul 1960 - 27 Mar 1965 (2000) SLNP Dudley Shelton Senanayake 27 Mar 1965 - 29 May 1970 (1973) EJP Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike 29 May 1970 - 23 Jul 1977 (2000) SLNP Junius Richard Jayewardene 23 Jul 1977 - 6 Feb 1978 (1996) EJP Ranasinghe Premadasa 6 Feb 1978 - 3 Mar 1989 (1993) EJP Dingiri Banda Wijetunge 3 Mar 1989 - 7 May 1993 (2008) EJP Ranil Wickremasinghe 7 May 1993 - 19 Aug 1994 EJP Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga 19 Aug 1994 - 14 Nov 1994 SLMP/SLNP Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike 14 Nov 1994 - 10 Aug 2000 (2000) SLNP Ratnasiri Wickremanayake 10 Aug 2000 - 9 Dec 2001 (2016) SLNP Ranil Wickremasinghe 9 Dec 2001 - 6 Apr 2004 EJP Mahinda Rajapaksa 6 Apr 2004 - 21 Nov 2005 SLNP Ratnasiri Wickremanayake 21 Nov 2005 - 21 Apr 2010 (2016) SLNP Disanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne 21 Apr 2010 - 9 Jan 2015 (2019) SLNP Ranil Wickremasinghe 9 Jan 2015 - 26 Oct 2018 EJP Mahinda Rajapaksa 26 Oct 2018 - 16 Dec 2018 SLNP, SLPP (suspended from 3 Dec 2018) Ranil Wickremasinghe 16 Dec 2018 - 21 Nov 2019 EJP Mahinda Rajapaksa 21 Nov 2019 - 12 May 2022 SLPP/SLNPS Ranil Wickremasinghe 12 May 2022 - 22 Jul 2022 EJP Dinesh Gunawardene 22 Jul 2022 - MEP/SLNPS |
 Leaders of EJP
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Don Stephen Senanayake 1946-1952 (1952) Dudley Shelton Senanayake 1952-1953 (1973) John Lionel Kotalawela 1953-1958 (1980) Dudley Shelton Senanayake 1958-1973 (1973) Junius Richard Jayewardene 1973-1989 (1996) Ranasinghe Premadasa 1989-1993 (1993) Dingir Banda Wijetunge 1993-1994 (2008) Gamini Dissanayake 1994 (1994) Ranil Wickremasinghe 1994- |
 Chairmen of SLNP
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Solomon Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike 1951-1959 (1959) Charles Percival de Silva 1959-1960 (1972) Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike 1960-2000 (2000) Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga 2000-2006 Mahinda Rajapaksa 2006-2015 Maithripala Sirisena 2015-2019 Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa 2019-2020 (acting) Maithripala Sirisena 2020- |
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