List of Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka

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This is a list of all Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka and Ceylon since the country gained independence in 1948.

# image Surname Taking office Resignation Political party
1 Don Stephen Senanayake (about 1934) Don Stephen Senanayake February 4, 1948 March 26, 1952 UNP
2 Dudley Shelton Senanayake (1950s) Dudley Shelton Senanayake March 26, 1952 October 12, 1953 UNP
3 John Kotalawela (1951) John Lionel Kotalawela October 12, 1953 April 12, 1956 UNP
4th SWRD Bandaranaike SWRD Bandaranaike April 12, 1956 September 26, 1959 SLFP
5 Vijayananda Dahanayake (1984) Vijayananda Dahanayake September 26, 1959 March 21, 1960 SLFP
(2) Dudley Shelton Senanayake (1950s) Dudley Shelton Senanayake March 21, 1960 July 21, 1960 UNP
6th Sirimavo Bandaranaike (around 1981) Sirimavo Bandaranaike July 21, 1960 March 27, 1965 SLFP
(2) Dudley Shelton Senanayake (1950s) Dudley Shelton Senanayake March 27, 1965 May 29, 1970 UNP
(6) Sirimavo Bandaranaike (around 1981) Sirimavo Bandaranaike May 29, 1970 July 23, 1977 SLFP
7th Junius Richard Jayawardene (1980s) Junius Richard Jayawardene July 23, 1977 February 6, 1978 UNP
8th (no photo available) Ranasinghe Premadasa February 6, 1978 March 3, 1989 UNP
9 (no photo available) Dingiri Banda Wijetunga March 3, 1989 May 7, 1993 UNP
10 Ranil Wickremesinghe (2003) Ranil Wickremesinghe May 7, 1993 August 19, 1994 UNP
11 Chandrika Kumaratunga (2005) Chandrika Kumaratunga August 19, 1994 17th November 1994 SLFP
(6) Sirimavo Bandaranaike (around 1981) Sirimavo Bandaranaike November 14, 1994 August 10, 2000 SLFP
12 Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (2009) Ratnasiri Wickremanayake August 10, 2000 December 9, 2001 SLFP
(10) Ranil Wickremesinghe (2003) Ranil Wickremesinghe December 9, 2001 April 6, 2004 UNP
13 Mahinda Rajapaksa (2006) Mahinda Rajapaksa April 6, 2004 November 21, 2005 SLFP
(12) Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (2009) Ratnasiri Wickremanayake November 21, 2005 April 21, 2010 SLFP
14th DM Jayaratne Disanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne April 21, 2010 January 9, 2015 SLFP
(10) Ranil Wickremesinghe (2015) Ranil Wickremesinghe January 9, 2015 October 26, 2018 UNP
(13) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2014) Mahinda Rajapaksa October 26, 2018 15th December 2018 SLPP
(10) Ranil Wickremesinghe (2015) Ranil Wickremesinghe December 16, 2018 20th November 2019 UNP
13 Mahinda Rajapaksa (2014) Mahinda Rajapaksa November 21, 2019 officiating SLPP
  1. ↑ a b On October 26, 2018, Wickremesinghe was dismissed by President Maithripala Sirisena , who appointed Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new Prime Minister. This was ruled unconstitutional by the Sri Lankan Supreme Court and on December 16, 2018, Wickremasinghe officially became Prime Minister again.

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  1. ↑ Sri Lanka's exiled Prime Minister Wickremesinghe returns. Deutsche Welle, December 16, 2018, accessed on January 20, 2019 .