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There have been fifteen prime ministers of Sri Lanka since the creation of the position in 1947, prior to the independence of
"Ratnasiri Wickremanayake appointed Sri Lankan Premier"
. The Hindu. Retrieved 2008-10-04. Under the current
"Dingiri Banda Wijetunga - the journey to greatness"
. Daily News. Retrieved 2008-10-04. On 28 April 2015, the Parliament approved the
, rowspan="4" align="center", Senanayake
ඩඩ්ලි ෂෙල්ටන් සෙනානායක
டட்லி சேனநாயக்கா
,
1952 ,
1953 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", 1952 , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 3 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Kotelawala
ශ්රිමත් ජෝන් කොතලාවල
சேர் ஜோன் கொத்தலாவலை
,
1953 ,
1956 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 4 , rowspan="4", , rowspan="4" align="center", Bandaranaike
සොලමන් වෙස්ට් රිජ්වේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක
சாலமன் வெஸ்ட் ரிட்ஜ்வே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கா
,
1956 ,
1959† , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", 1956 , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 5 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Dahanayake
විජයානන්ද දහනායක
விஜயானந்த தகநாயக்கா
,
1959 ,
1960 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", (2) , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Senanayake
ඩඩ්ලි සේනානායක
டட்லி சேனநாயக்கா
,
1960 ,
1960 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Bandaranaike
සිරිමාවො රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක
சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே
,
1960 ,
1965 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="4" align="center", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Senanayake
ඩඩ්ලි සේනානායක
டட்லி சேனநாயக்கா
,
1965 ,
1970 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Bandaranaike
සිරිමාවො රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක
சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே
,
1970 ,
1977 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", 1970 , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 7 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Richard Jayewardene
ජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන
ஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா
,
1977 ,
1978 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Premadasa
රණසිංහ ප්රේමදාස
ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா
,
1978 ,
1989 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 9 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Banda Wijetunga
ඩිංගිරි බණ්ඩා විජේතුංග
டிங்கிரி பண்ட விஜேதுங்க
,
1989 ,
1993 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", 1989 , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 10 , rowspan="4", , rowspan="4" align="center", Wickremesinghe
රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ
ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க
,
1993 ,
1994 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 11 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Kumaratunga
චන්ද්රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක කුමාරතුංග
சந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்கே குமாரதுங்கா
,
1994 ,
1994 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Bandaranaike
සිරිමාවො රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක
சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே
,
1994 ,
2000 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 12 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Wickremanayake
රත්නසිරි වික්රමනායක
ரத்னசிறி விக்கிரமநாயக்க
,
2000 ,
2001 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="3", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center",
රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ
ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க ,
2001 ,
2004 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center",
මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ
மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ
,
2004 ,
2005 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center","President's Profile"
. The President's Fund of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2008-10-04. , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", (12) , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Wickremanayake
රත්නසිරි වික්රමනායක
ரத்னசிறி விக்கிரமநாயக்க
,
2005 ,
2010 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 14 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Jayaratne
දිසානායක මුදියන්සේලාගේ ජයරත්න
திசாநாயக்க முதியன்சேலாகே ஜயரத்ன
,
2010 ,
2015 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center",
රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ
ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க
,
2015 ,
2018 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 , , bgcolor=#ddeeff , , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center",
මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ
மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ
,
2018 ,
2018 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#FFCCCC rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", (10) , rowspan="4", , rowspan="4" align="center", Wickremesinghe
රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ
ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க
,
2018 ,
2019 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color:" , , rowspan="4" align="center", (13) , rowspan="4", , rowspan="4" align="center", Rajapaksa
මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ
மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ
,
2019 ,
2022 , rowspan="3",
, bgcolor=#FFCCCC rowspan="3",
, bgcolor=#FFCCCC , , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 , , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center",
රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ
ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க
,
2022 ,
2022 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#FFCCCC rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#FFCCCC rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 15 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Gunawardena
දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන
தினேஷ் குணவர்தன
,
2022 , , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#FCD8DA rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#FFCCCC rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#FFCCCC rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE
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"Former Prime Ministers"
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Ceylon
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. The prime minister of Ceylon was the head of the government until 1972. In 1972, the country was renamed as the ''Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka,'' and the position was known as the prime minister of Sri Lanka from then onwards. The prime minister also held the unified Ministry of External Affairs and Defence until 1977, when J.R. Jayewardene
Junius Richard Jayewardene ( si, ජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන, ta, ஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா; 17 September 1906 – 1 November 1996), commonly abbreviated in Sri Lanka as ...
's government adapted two ministries, forming the Ministry of Defence
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and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The enti ...
.
In 1978, after Jayewardene became the president, new constitutional changes were introduced. The position of the executive president
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They contrast with figurehead presidents, common in most parli ...
was introduced, resulting in the powers of the prime minister being reduced. The president became the head of state
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and chief executive
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, and the prime minister became a weak head of government
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.V.S. Sambandan (2005-11-22)"Ratnasiri Wickremanayake appointed Sri Lankan Premier"
. The Hindu. Retrieved 2008-10-04. Under the current
constitution of Sri Lanka
The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව, Śrī Laṃkā āndukrama vyavasthāva, ta, இலங்கை அரசிய ...
, the prime minister is the leader of the Cabinet
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business and also functions as a deputy to the president. In the event a president dies in office, the prime minister becomes the acting president until the Parliament convenes to elect a successor or new elections can be held to elect a new president. This was the case in 1993, when President Ranasinghe Premadasa was assassinated and Prime Minister Dingiri Banda Wijetunge took office as president.
M.B. Dassanayake (2008-09-22)"Dingiri Banda Wijetunga - the journey to greatness"
. Daily News. Retrieved 2008-10-04. On 28 April 2015, the Parliament approved the
19th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka
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which gives the power of the government
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to the prime minister, while the president remains the head of state, head of the Cabinet, and commander-in-chief.
Of the fourteen prime ministers who have held the office since the introduction of the position in 1947, one has held the office four times, two have held office thrice, and two have held office twice. Six prime ministers have gone on to become president of the country.
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Ranil Wickremesinghe ( si, රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ, ta, ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who is the current president of Sri Lanka since 21 July 2 ...
has been sworn in as prime minister the most times in the country's history, on six occasions (May 1993, December 2001, January 2015, August 2015, December 2018, and May 2022), whilst Dudley Shelton Senanayaka
Dudley Shelton Senanayake ( Sinhala: ඩඩ්ලි ශෙල්ටන් සේනානායක: ta, டட்லி சேனநாயக்கா; 19 June 1911 – 13 April 1973), was a Sri Lankan statesman who served as Prime Min ...
and Sirimavo Bandaranayake were appointed three times. Mahinda Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa ( si, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, ta, மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to ...
is the only prime minister who was suspended from his duties by the Supreme Court, becoming the first ''de facto'' prime minister of Sri Lanka in 2018.
List of prime ministers
;Parties (7) (7) (1) (1) , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 2 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Senanayakeඩඩ්ලි ෂෙල්ටන් සෙනානායක
டட்லி சேனநாயக்கா
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1952 ,
1953 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", 1952 , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 3 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Kotelawalaශ්රිමත් ජෝන් කොතලාවල
சேர் ஜோன் கொத்தலாவலை
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1956 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 4 , rowspan="4", , rowspan="4" align="center", Bandaranaike
සොලමන් වෙස්ට් රිජ්වේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක
சாலமன் வெஸ்ட் ரிட்ஜ்வே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கா
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1959† , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", 1956 , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 5 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Dahanayakeවිජයානන්ද දහනායක
விஜயானந்த தகநாயக்கா
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1959 ,
1960 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", (2) , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Senanayakeඩඩ්ලි සේනානායක
டட்லி சேனநாயக்கா
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March 1960
The following events occurred in March 1960:
March 1, 1960 (Tuesday)
* NASA established an Office of Life Sciences to work on exobiology, based on Dr. Joshua Lederberg's ideas that space vehicles should be sterilized before and after t ...
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, rowspan="4" align="center", 6
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சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே
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July 1960
The following events occurred in July 1960:
July 1, 1960 (Friday)
*The Army Ballistic Missile Agency at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, became the Marshall Space Flight Center, a field center of the civilian National Aeronautic ...
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டட்லி சேனநாயக்கா
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1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
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, rowspan="4" align="center", Bandaranaikeසිරිමාවො රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක
சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே
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1970 ,
1977 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", 1970 , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 7 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Richard Jayewardeneජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන
ஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா
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1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...
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, rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Premadasaරණසිංහ ප්රේමදාස
ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா
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1978 ,
1989 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 9 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Banda Wijetungaඩිංගිරි බණ්ඩා විජේතුංග
டிங்கிரி பண்ட விஜேதுங்க
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1989 ,
1993 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", 1989 , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 10 , rowspan="4", , rowspan="4" align="center", Wickremesinghe
රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ
ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க
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1993 ,
1994 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 11 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Kumaratungaචන්ද්රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක කුමාරතුංග
சந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்கே குமாரதுங்கா
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1994 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center",
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...
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, rowspan="4" align="center", Bandaranaikeසිරිමාවො රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක
சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே
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1994 ,
2000 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 12 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Wickremanayakeරත්නසිරි වික්රමනායක
ரத்னசிறி விக்கிரமநாயக்க
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2001 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , rowspan="3", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center",
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
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, rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Wickremesingheරනිල් වික්රමසිංහ
ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க ,
2001 ,
2004 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center",
2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...
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, rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Rajapaksaමහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ
மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ
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2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
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, rowspan="4" align="center", Wickremanayakeරත්නසිරි වික්රමනායක
ரத்னசிறி விக்கிரமநாயக்க
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, rowspan="4" align="center", Jayaratneදිසානායක මුදියන්සේලාගේ ජයරත්න
திசாநாயக்க முதியன்சேலாகே ஜயரத்ன
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2010
File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
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, rowspan="4" align="center", Wickremesingheරනිල් වික්රමසිංහ
ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க
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2015
File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...
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மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ
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2018 ,
2018 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#FFCCCC rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", (10) , rowspan="4", , rowspan="4" align="center", Wickremesinghe
රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ
ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க
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මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ
மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ
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2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...
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ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க
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2022 ,
2022 , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#FFCCCC rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#FFCCCC rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE , rowspan="4" style="background-color: " , , rowspan="4" align="center", 15 , rowspan="4",
, rowspan="4" align="center", Gunawardenaදිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන
தினேஷ் குணவர்தன
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2022 , , rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#FCD8DA rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#FFCCCC rowspan="3", , bgcolor=#FFCCCC rowspan="3", , rowspan="4", , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", — , - bgcolor=#E9E9E9 , colspan="2" align="center", } , - , colspan="6", , - bgcolor=#EEEEEE
Timeline
Wijeyananda Dahanayake
Wijeyananda Dahanayake ( si, විජයානන්ද දහනායක ta, விஜயானந்த தகநாயக்கா; 22 October 1902 – 4 May 1997) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Prime Minister of Ceylon from Sept ...
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bar:06 from:21/07/1960 till:25/03/1965 color:srilankafp
from:29/05/1970 till:22/05/1972 color:srilankafp
from:22/05/1972 till:23/07/1977 color:srilankafp
from:12/11/1994 till:09/08/2000 color:srilankafp text:"Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike ( si, සිරිමා රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක; ta, சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே; 17 April 191 ...
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bar:07 from:23/07/1977 till:04/02/1978 color:unitednp text:"Junius Richard Jayewardene
Junius Richard Jayewardene ( si, ජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන, ta, ஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா; 17 September 1906 – 1 November 1996), commonly abbreviated in Sri Lanka as ...
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bar:08 from:06/02/1978 till:02/01/1989 color:unitednp text:" Ranasinghe Premadasa"
bar:09 from:06/03/1989 till:07/05/1993 color:unitednp text:" Dingiri Banda Wijetunga"
bar:10 from:07/05/1993 till:19/08/1994 color:unitednp
from:09/12/2001 till:06/04/2004 color:unitednp
from:09/01/2015 till:26/10/2018 color:unitednp
from:15/12/2018 till:20/11/2019 color:unitednp
from:12/05/2022 till:21/07/2022 color:unitednp text:"Ranil Wickremesinghe
Ranil Wickremesinghe ( si, රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ, ta, ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who is the current president of Sri Lanka since 21 July 2 ...
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bar:11 from:19/08/1994 till:12/11/1994 color:srilankafp text:"Chandrika Kumaratunga
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga ( si, චන්ද්රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක කුමාරතුංග, ta, சந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்க குமாரதுங்க; born 29 Ju ...
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bar:12 from:09/08/2000 till:07/12/2001 color:srilankafp
from:19/11/2005 till:21/04/2010 color:srilankafp text:"Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake ( si, රත්නසිරි වික්රමනායක, ta, ரத்னசிறி விக்கிரமநாயக்க; 5 May 1933 – 27 December 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician who was Prime Mini ...
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bar:13 from:06/04/2004 till:19/11/2005 color:srilankafp
from:26/10/2018 till:15/12/2018 color:slpp
from:21/11/2019 till:09/05/2022 color:slpp text:"Mahinda Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa ( si, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, ta, மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to ...
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bar:14 from:21/04/2010 till:09/01/2015 color:srilankafp text:" D. M. Jayaratne"
bar:15 from:22/07/2022 till:18/11/2024 color:mep text:"Dinesh Gunawardena
Dinesh Chandra Rupasinghe Gunawardena ( si, දිනේෂ් චන්ද්ර රූපසිංහ ගුණවර්ධන, ta, தினேஷ் சந்திர ரூபசிங்க குணவர்தன; born 2 March 1949) ...
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See also
* List of presidents of Sri Lanka * Prime Minister's Office (Sri Lanka)Notes
# The Parliament was known as the "House of Representatives" during the period of 1947–1972 # In 1972, the country was named "Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka", and the Parliament was named as the National State Assembly. # Under the constitutional changes of 1978, the country was renamed as the "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka", and the Parliament was referred to as "Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka".References
;General"Former Prime Ministers"
(.html). Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
"Handbook of Parliament - Prime Ministers"
(.jsp). The Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
(.htm). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 2008-10-05. ;Specific {{featured list Sri Lanka, Prime Ministers
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