Minister of Defence (Sri Lanka)
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Minister of Defence of Sri Lanka | |
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Don Stephen Senanayake | |
Formation | 24 September 1947 |
Deputy | G. L. Peiris |
Website | www.defence.lk |
The Minister of Defence is an appointment in the
foreign minister
.
List of Defence Ministers
No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Head(s) of Government | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
Minister of External Affairs and Defence | |||||||
1 | D. S. Senanayake (1883–1952) | 24 September 1947 | 22 March 1952 † | 4 years, 180 days | UNP | D. S. Senanayake | |
2 | Dudley Senanayake (1911–1973) | 22 March 1952 | 12 October 1953 | 1 year, 204 days | UNP | Dudley Senanayake | |
3 | John Kotelawala (1895–1980) | 12 October 1953 | 12 April 1956 | 2 years, 183 days | UNP | John Kotelawala | |
4 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899–1959) | 12 April 1956 | 26 September 1959 † | 3 years, 167 days | SLFP | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | |
5 | Wijeyananda Dahanayake | ||||||
(2) | Dudley Senanayake (1911–1973) | 21 March 1960 | 21 July 1960 | 122 days | UNP | Dudley Senanayake | |
6 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916–2000) | 21 July 1960 | 25 March 1965 | 4 years, 247 days | SLFP | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | |
(2) | Dudley Senanayake (1911–1973) | 25 March 1965 | 29 May 1970 | 5 years, 65 days | UNP | Dudley Senanayake | |
(6) | Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916–2000) | 29 May 1970 | 23 July 1977 | 7 years, 55 days | SLFP | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | |
7 | J. R. Jayewardene (1906–1996) | 23 July 1977 | 4 February 1978 | 196 days | UNP | J. R. Jayewardene | |
Minister of Defence | |||||||
1 | Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924–1993) | 1989 | ? | ? | UNP | Ranasinghe Premadasa | |
2 | Ranjan Wijeratne (1931–1991) | ? | ? | ? | UNP | Ranasinghe Premadasa | |
3 | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916–2008) | 7 May 1993 | 12 November 1994 | 1 year, 189 days | UNP | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | |
4 | Chandrika Kumaratunga (born 1945) | 12 November 1994 | 12 December 2001 | 7 years, 30 days | SLFP | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |
5 | Tilak Marapana (born 1942) | 12 December 2001 | 4 November 2003 | 1 year, 327 days | UNP | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |
(4) | Chandrika Kumaratunga (born 1945) | 4 November 2003 | 19 November 2005 | 2 years, 15 days | SLFP | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |
Minister of Defence and Urban Development | |||||||
1 | Mahinda Rajapaksa (born 1945) | 19 November 2005 | 8 January 2015 | 9 years, 50 days | SLFP | Mahinda Rajapaksa | |
Minister of Defence | |||||||
6 | Maithripala Sirisena (born 1951) | 12 January 2015 | 18 November 2019 | 4 years, 310 days | SLFP | Maithripala Sirisena | |
7 | Gotabaya Rajapaksa (born 1949) | 28 November 2019 | 14 July 2022 | 2 years, 228 days | SLPP | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | |
8 | Ranil Wickremesinghe (born 1949) | 15 July 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 286 days | UNP | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
See also
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of External Affairs and Defence
- Minister for Internal Security (Ceylon)