List of Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka
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 | |
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1 | Don Stephen Senanayake | February 4, 1948 | March 26, 1952 | UNP | ||
2 | Dudley Shelton Senanayake | March 26, 1952 | October 12, 1953 | UNP | ||
3 | John Lionel Kotalawela | October 12, 1953 | April 12, 1956 | UNP | ||
4th | SWRD Bandaranaike | April 12, 1956 | September 26, 1959 | SLFP | ||
5 | Vijayananda Dahanayake | September 26, 1959 | March 21, 1960 | SLFP | ||
(2) | Dudley Shelton Senanayake | March 21, 1960 | July 21, 1960 | UNP | ||
6th | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | July 21, 1960 | March 27, 1965 | SLFP | ||
(2) | Dudley Shelton Senanayake | March 27, 1965 | May 29, 1970 | UNP | ||
(6) | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | May 29, 1970 | July 23, 1977 | SLFP | ||
7th | Junius Richard Jayawardene | July 23, 1977 | February 6, 1978 | UNP | ||
8th | Ranasinghe Premadasa | February 6, 1978 | March 3, 1989 | UNP | ||
9 | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | March 3, 1989 | May 7, 1993 | UNP | ||
10 | Ranil Wickremesinghe | May 7, 1993 | August 19, 1994 | UNP | ||
11 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | August 19, 1994 | 17th November 1994 | SLFP | ||
(6) | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | November 14, 1994 | August 10, 2000 | SLFP | ||
12 | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | August 10, 2000 | December 9, 2001 | SLFP | ||
(10) | Ranil Wickremesinghe | December 9, 2001 | April 6, 2004 | UNP | ||
13 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | April 6, 2004 | November 21, 2005 | SLFP | ||
(12) | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | November 21, 2005 | April 21, 2010 | SLFP | ||
14th | Disanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne | April 21, 2010 | January 9, 2015 | SLFP | ||
(10) | Ranil Wickremesinghe | January 9, 2015 | October 26, 2018 | UNP | ||
(13) | Mahinda Rajapaksa | October 26, 2018 | 15th December 2018 | SLPP | ||
(10) | Ranil Wickremesinghe | December 16, 2018 | 20th November 2019 | UNP | ||
13 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | November 21, 2019 | officiating | SLPP |
- ↑ 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.
See also
Web links
- Website of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (English, Sinhala, Tamil)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sri Lanka's exiled Prime Minister Wickremesinghe returns. Deutsche Welle, December 16, 2018, accessed on January 20, 2019 .