Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka | |
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විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්ය | |
Don Stephen Senanayake | |
Formation | 24 September 1947 |
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs is an appointment in the
foreign minister
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List of ministers
- Parties
United National Party (13)
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (9)
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (2)
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1)
- † Died or assassinated in office
No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Head of Government | |||
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From | To | Period | |||||||
Minister of Defence and External Affairs | |||||||||
1 | Don Stephen Senanayake දොන් ස්ටීවන් සේනානායක (1884–1952) MP for Mirigama District (Prime Minister) |
24 September 1947 |
22 March 1952[†] |
4 years, 180 days | United National Party | Don Stephen | Self | ||
2 | Dudley Senanayake ඩඩ්ලි ශෙල්ටන් සේනානායක (1911–1973) MP for Dedigama District (Prime Minister) |
22 March 1952 |
12 October 1953 |
1 year, 204 days | Dudley I | Self | |||
3 | General Sir John Kotelawala ශ්රිමත් ජෝන් ලයනල් කොතලාවල (1897–1980) MP for Dodangaslanda District (Prime Minister) |
12 October 1953 |
12 April 1956 |
2 years, 183 days | Kotelawala | Self | |||
4 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike සොලොමන් වෙස්ට් රිජ්වේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක (1899–1959) MP for Attanagalla District (Prime Minister) |
12 April 1956 |
26 September 1959[†] |
3 years, 167 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Solomon | Self | ||
5 | Wijeyananda Dahanayake විජයානන්ද දහනායක (1902–1997) MP for Galle District (Prime Minister) |
26 September 1959 |
20 March 1960 |
176 days | Dahanayake | Self | |||
(2) | Dudley Senanayake ඩඩ්ලි ශෙල්ටන් සේනානායක (1911–1973) MP for Dedigama District (Prime Minister) |
21 March 1960 |
21 July 1960 |
122 days | United National Party | Dudley II | Self | ||
6 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක (1916–2000) MP for Attanagalla District (Prime Minister) |
21 July 1960 |
25 March 1965 |
4 years, 247 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirimavo I | Self | ||
(2) | Dudley Senanayake ඩඩ්ලි ශෙල්ටන් සේනානායක (1911–1973) MP for Dedigama District (Prime Minister) |
25 March 1965 |
29 May 1970 |
5 years, 65 days | United National Party | Dudley III | Self | ||
(6) | Sirimavo Bandaranaike සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක (1916–2000) MP for Attanagalla District (Prime Minister) |
29 May 1970 |
23 July 1977 |
7 years, 55 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirimavo II | Self | ||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||
7 | Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed අබ්දුල් කාදර් ෂාහුල් හමීඩ් (1927–1999) MP for Harispattuwa District |
23 July 1977 |
2 January 1989 |
11 years, 206 days | United National Party | Jayewardene | J. R. Jayewardene | ||
2 January 1989 |
14 February 1989 |
Premadasa | Ranasinghe Premadasa | ||||||
8 | General Ranjan Wijeratne රන්ජන් විජේරත්න (1931–1991) National List MP |
18 February 1989 |
28 March 1990 |
1 year, 38 days | |||||
9 | Harold Herath හැරල්ඩ් හේරත් (1930–2007) MP for Puttalam District |
30 March 1990 |
1 May 1993 |
3 years, 135 days | |||||
1 May 1993 |
12 August 1993 |
Wijetunga | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | ||||||
(7) | Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed අබ්දුල් කාදර් ෂාහුල් හමීඩ් (1927–1999) MP for Kandy District |
12 August 1993 |
15 August 1994 |
1 year, 3 days | |||||
10 | Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar ලක්ෂ්මන් කදිර්ගාමර් (1932–2005) National List MP |
19 August 1994 |
12 November 1994 |
7 years, 52 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | ||||
12 November 1994 |
10 October 2001 |
Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga | ||||||
11 | Tyronne Fernando ටිරොන් ෆර්නැන්ඩො (1941–2008) MP for Colombo District |
12 December 2001 |
7 February 2004 |
2 years, 57 days | United National Party | ||||
(10) | Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar ලක්ෂ්මන් කදිර්ගාමර් (1932–2005) National List MP |
10 April 2004 |
12 August 2005[†] |
1 year, 124 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | ||||
12 | Anura Bandaranaike අනුර බණ්ඩාරනායක (1949–2008) MP for Gampaha District |
23 August 2005 |
22 November 2005 |
91 days | |||||
13 | Mangala Samaraweera මංගල සමරවීර (1956–2021) MP for Matara District |
23 November 2005 |
27 January 2007 |
1 year, 65 days | Mahinda | Mahinda Rajapaksa | |||
14 | Rohitha Bogollagama රෝහිත බෝගොල්ලාගම (born 1954) MP for Kurunegala District |
28 January 2007 |
9 April 2010 |
3 years, 71 days | |||||
15 | G. L. Peiris ගාමිණී ලක්ශ්මන් පීරිස් (born 1946) National List MP |
23 April 2010 |
12 January 2015 |
4 years, 264 days | |||||
(13) | Mangala Samaraweera මංගල සමරවීර (1956–2021) MP for Matara District |
12 January 2015 |
22 May 2017 |
2 years, 130 days | United National Party | Sirisena I | Maithripala Sirisena | ||
Sirisena II | |||||||||
16 | Ravi Karunanayake රවී කරුණානායක (born 1963) MP for Colombo District |
22 May 2017 |
10 August 2017 |
80 days | |||||
– | Vasantha Senanayake වසන්ත සේනානායක (born 1973) MP for Polonnaruwa District (Acting) |
10 August 2017 |
15 August 2017 |
5 days | |||||
17 | Tilak Marapana තිලක් මාරපන (born 1942) National List MP |
15 August 2017 |
26 October 2018 |
1 year, 72 days | |||||
18 | Sarath Amunugama සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම (born 1939) National List MP |
29 October 2018 |
15 December 2018 |
47 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirisena III | |||
(17) | Tilak Marapana තිලක් මාරපන (born 1942) National List MP |
20 December 2018 |
21 November 2019 |
336 days | United National Party | Sirisena IV | |||
Minister of Foreign Relations | |||||||||
19 | Dinesh Gunawardena දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන (born 1949) MP for Colombo District |
22 November 2019 |
16 August 2021 |
1 year, 267 days | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | Gotabaya I | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | ||
Gotabaya II | |||||||||
(15) | G. L. Peiris ගාමිණී ලක්ශ්මන් පීරිස් (born 1946) National List MP |
16 August 2021 |
21 July 2022 |
339 days | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | ||||
Gotabaya III | |||||||||
Gotabaya IV | |||||||||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||
20 | Ali Sabry අලි සබ්රි (born 1970) National List MP |
22 July 2022 |
Incumbent | 1 year, 272 days | United National Party | Wickremesinghe | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
See also
References
- ^ "Overview". Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Sri Lanka. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2024-02-06.