 | Leaders of Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; until 1972, Dominion of Ceylon) |
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Note: From the attainment of the independence (4 Feb 1948) to the proclamation 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 (1946) - JJB: National People's Power (2019, alliance of JVP and others) - JVP: People's Liberation Front (1965) - MEP: People's United Front (1956) - NPP: New Democratic Front (1955) - SJB: United People's Power (2020 split from EJP) - SLMP: Sri Lanka People's Party (1984) - SLNP: Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1951) - SLNPS: Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (2019-2022, alliance of SLNP, SLMP, SLPP and others) - SLPP: Sri Lanka People's Front (2016 split from SLNP)
 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 Rajapakse 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 - 23 Sep 2024 EJP (acting to 21 Jul 2022 [for Rajapaksa to 15 Jul 2022]) Anura Kumara Dissanayake 23 Sep 2024 - JVP/JJB |
| 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 - 24 Sep 2024 MEP/SLNPS Harini Amarasuriya 24 Sep 2024 - JVP/JJB |
 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- |
 Leaders 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 2020-2024 Nimal Siripala de Silva 2024- |
 Leaders of SLPP
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Mahinda Rajapakse 2019- |
 Leaders of JVP
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Rohana Wijeweera 1965-1989 (1989) Saman Piyasiri Fernando 1989 (1989) Vijalath Lalith Wijeratne 1989-1990 (1990) Amarasinghe Kankanamlage Somawansa 1990-2014 (2016) Anura Kumara Dissanayake 2014- |
 Leaders of SJB
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Sajith Premadasa 2020- |
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