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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer_ministre_de_Sri_Lanka" title="Primer ministre de Sri Lanka – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Primer ministre de Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seznam_premi%C3%A9r%C5%AF_Sr%C3%AD_Lanky" title="Seznam premiérů Srí Lanky – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Seznam premiérů Srí Lanky" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Premierminister_von_Sri_Lanka" title="Liste der Premierminister von Sri Lanka – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Liste der Premierminister von Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%80%CF%81%CF%89%CE%B8%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B3%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A3%CF%81%CE%B9_%CE%9B%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BA%CE%B1" title="Κατάλογος πρωθυπουργών της Σρι Λάνκα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κατάλογος πρωθυπουργών της Σρι Λάνκα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="فهرست نخست‌وزیران سری‌لانکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فهرست نخست‌وزیران سری‌لانکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_Premiers_ministres_du_Sri_Lanka" title="Liste des Premiers ministres du Sri Lanka – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Liste des Premiers ministres du Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primeiro_ministro_de_Sri_Lanka" title="Primeiro ministro de Sri Lanka – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Primeiro ministro de Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daftar_Perdana_Menteri_Sri_Lanka" title="Daftar Perdana Menteri Sri Lanka – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Daftar Perdana Menteri Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primi_ministri_dello_Sri_Lanka" title="Primi ministri dello Sri Lanka – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Primi ministri dello Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senarai_Perdana_Menteri_Sri_Lanka" title="Senarai Perdana Menteri Sri Lanka – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Senarai Perdana Menteri Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80" title="श्रीलङ्काका प्रधानमन्त्रीहरूको सूची – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="श्रीलङ्काका प्रधानमन्त्रीहरूको सूची" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E3%81%AE%E9%A6%96%E7%9B%B8%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7" title="スリランカの首相の一覧 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="スリランカの首相の一覧" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_Sri_Lankas_statsministre" title="Liste over Sri Lankas statsministre – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Liste over Sri Lankas statsministre" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_dels_primi%C3%A8rs_ministres_de_Sri_Lanka" title="Lista dels primièrs ministres de Sri Lanka – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Lista dels primièrs ministres de Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premierzy_Sri_Lanki" title="Premierzy Sri Lanki – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Premierzy Sri Lanki" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_primeiros-ministros_do_Sri_Lanka" title="Lista de primeiros-ministros do Sri Lanka – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lista de primeiros-ministros do Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17506997 badge-featuredlist mw-list-item" title="featured list badge"><a 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අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරු ලැයිස්තුව" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettelo_Sri_Lankan_p%C3%A4%C3%A4ministereist%C3%A4" title="Luettelo Sri Lankan pääministereistä – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Luettelo Sri Lankan pääministereistä" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_%C3%B6ver_Sri_Lankas_premi%C3%A4rministrar" title="Lista över Sri Lankas premiärministrar – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Lista över Sri Lankas premiärministrar" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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Fernando</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliaments_of_Sri_Lanka" title="List of parliaments of Sri Lanka">Parliament of Sri Lanka</a> <a href="/wiki/17th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="17th Parliament of Sri Lanka">(17th)</a></div></dt></dl> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sri_Lanka_Parliament_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Sri_Lanka_Parliament_2024.svg/75px-Sri_Lanka_Parliament_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Sri_Lanka_Parliament_2024.svg/113px-Sri_Lanka_Parliament_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Sri_Lanka_Parliament_2024.svg/150px-Sri_Lanka_Parliament_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka">Speaker</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Ranwala" title="Ashoka Ranwala">Ashoka Ranwala</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_speaker_and_chairman_of_committees_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy speaker and chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka">Deputy Speaker and <br /> Chairman of Committees</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rizvie_Salih" title="Rizvie Salih">Rizvie Salih</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chairman_of_Committees" title="Deputy Chairman of Committees">Deputy Chairperson of Committees</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hemali_Weerasekara" title="Hemali Weerasekara">Hemali Weerasekara</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Leader of the Opposition</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the House (Sri Lanka)">Leader of the House</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Rathnayake" title="Bimal Rathnayake">Bimal Rathnayake</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Chief_Government_Whip_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Chief Government Whip (Sri Lanka)">Chief Government Whip</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nalinda_Jayatissa" title="Nalinda Jayatissa">Nalinda Jayatissa</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Chief_Opposition_Whip_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Chief Opposition Whip (Sri Lanka)">Chief Opposition Whip</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TBA" class="mw-redirect" title="TBA">TBA</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b>Secretary General</b></li></ul> <ul><li>Kushani Anusha Rohanadeera</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Council_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Constitutional Council (Sri Lanka)">Constitutional Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_on_Public_Enterprises_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Committee on Public Enterprises (Sri Lanka)">COPE</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Sri Lanka)">Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Sri Lanka)">Cabinet Minister</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ananda_Wijepala" title="Ananda Wijepala">Ananda Wijepala</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Permanent_secretary#Sri_Lanka" title="Permanent secretary">Secretary to the Ministry</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>D. W. R. B. Seneviratne</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Judiciary of Sri Lanka">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Supreme Court of Sri Lanka">Supreme Court of Sri Lanka</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Chief Justice of Sri Lanka">Chief Justice</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Murdhu_Fernando" class="mw-redirect" title="Murdhu Fernando">Murdhu Fernando</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka#Current_justices" title="Supreme Court of Sri Lanka">Puisne Justices</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Padman_Surasena" title="Padman Surasena">P. Padman Surasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Thurairaja" title="S. Thurairaja">S. Thurairaja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Amarasekera" title="Gamini Amarasekera">Gamini Amarasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasantha_Kodagoda" title="Yasantha Kodagoda">Yasantha Kodagoda</a></li> <li>A. H. M. D.Nawaz</li> <li>Kumuduni Wickremasinghe</li> <li>A. L. Shiran Gooneratne</li> <li>Janak De Silva</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achala_Wengappuli" title="Achala Wengappuli">Achala Wengappuli</a></li> <li>Mahinda Samayawardhena</li> <li>Arjuna Obeyesekere</li> <li>K. Priyantha Fernando</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka">Court of Appeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Sri_Lanka" title="High Court of Sri Lanka">High Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_court_(Sri_Lanka)" title="District court (Sri Lanka)">District Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magistrate%27s_court_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Magistrate's court (Sri Lanka)">Magistrate's Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primary_court" title="Primary court">Primary Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Tribunal" title="Labour Tribunal">Labour Tribunal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_Service_Commission_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Judicial Service Commission (Sri Lanka)">Judicial Service Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_Association_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Bar Association of Sri Lanka">Bar Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Law enforcement in Sri Lanka">Law enforcement</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General%27s_Department_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Attorney General's Department (Sri Lanka)">Attorney General's Department</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Attorney General of Sri Lanka">Attorney General</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>Parinda Ranasinghe</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Solicitor General of Sri Lanka">Solicitor General</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>Ayesha Jinasena</li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice,_Prisons_Affairs_and_Constitutional_Reforms" title="Ministry of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms">Ministry of Justice</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka)">Cabinet Minister</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harshana_Nanayakkara" title="Harshana Nanayakkara">Harshana Nanayakkara</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Permanent_secretary#Sri_Lanka" title="Permanent secretary">Secretary to the Ministry</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Vacant</i></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Elections in Sri Lanka">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Election Commission of Sri Lanka">Election Commission</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_Sri_Lanka#Chairman_of_the_Election_Commission" title="Election Commission of Sri Lanka">Chairman</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>R. M. A. L. Rathnayake</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b>Members</b></li></ul> <ul><li>M. A. P. C. Perera</li> <li>Ameer Faaiz</li> <li>Anusuya Shanmuganathan</li> <li>Lakshman Dissanayake</li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Template:Sri_Lankan_elections" title="Template:Sri Lankan elections">Elections</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_elections_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of presidential elections in Sri Lanka">Presidential</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2019 Sri Lankan presidential election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan presidential election">2024</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliamentary_elections_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka">Parliamentary</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2024</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Provincial_governments_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Provincial governments of Sri Lanka">Provincial council</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_elections" title="2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2014_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_elections" title="March 2014 Sri Lankan provincial council elections">2014 (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Uva_Provincial_Council_election" title="2014 Uva Provincial Council election">2014 (Sep)</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Local government in Sri Lanka">Local government</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_local_elections" title="2018 Sri Lankan local elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Elpitiya_Pradeshiya_Sabha_election" title="2019 Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Elpitiya_Pradeshiya_Sabha_election" title="2024 Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election">2024</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">Referendum</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1982_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_term_extension_referendum" title="1982 Sri Lankan parliamentary term extension referendum">1982</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Electoral districts of Sri Lanka">Electoral districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Polling_divisions_of_Sri_Lanka" title="List of Polling divisions of Sri Lanka">Polling divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of political parties in Sri Lanka">Political parties</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Administrative divisions of Sri Lanka">Administrative divisions</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Provinces of Sri Lanka">Provinces</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Province, Sri Lanka">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Central Province, Sri Lanka">North Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabaragamuwa_Province" title="Sabaragamuwa Province">Sabaragamuwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uva_Province" title="Uva Province">Uva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Districts of Sri Lanka">Districts</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ampara_District" title="Ampara District">Ampara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_District" title="Anuradhapura District">Anuradhapura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badulla_District" title="Badulla District">Badulla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_District" title="Batticaloa District">Batticaloa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombo_District" title="Colombo District">Colombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galle_District" title="Galle District">Galle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gampaha_District" title="Gampaha District">Gampaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hambantota_District" title="Hambantota District">Hambantota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_District" title="Jaffna District">Jaffna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalutara_District" title="Kalutara District">Kalutara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_District" title="Kandy District">Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kegalle_District" title="Kegalle District">Kegalle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilinochchi_District" title="Kilinochchi District">Kilinochchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurunegala_District" title="Kurunegala District">Kurunegala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannar_District" title="Mannar District">Mannar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matale_District" title="Matale District">Matale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matara_District" title="Matara District">Matara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monaragala_District" title="Monaragala District">Monaragala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullaitivu_District" title="Mullaitivu District">Mullaitivu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuwara_Eliya" title="Nuwara Eliya">Nuwara Eliya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_District" title="Polonnaruwa District">Polonnaruwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puttalam_District" title="Puttalam District">Puttalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratnapura_District" title="Ratnapura District">Ratnapura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vavuniya_District" title="Vavuniya District">Vavuniya</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_Agent_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Government Agent (Sri Lanka)">District Secretariats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divisional_Secretariats_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka">Divisional Secretariats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grama_Niladhari" title="Grama Niladhari">Grama Niladhari divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of cities in Sri Lanka">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of towns in Sri Lanka">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Capital of Sri Lanka">Capital city</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Devolution" title="Devolution">Devolution</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka">13th Amendment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Sri_Lanka_Accord" title="Indo-Sri Lanka Accord">Indo-Sri Lanka Accord</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_governments_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Provincial governments of Sri Lanka">Provincial Councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Governor (Sri Lanka)">Provincial Governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_minister_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Chief minister (Sri Lanka)">Provincial Chief Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Provincial_Council" title="Member of Provincial Council">Provincial Councillors</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Local government in Sri Lanka">Local government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_councils_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Municipal councils of Sri Lanka">Municipal Councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_councils_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Urban councils of Sri Lanka">Urban Councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pradeshiya_Sabha" title="Pradeshiya Sabha">Pradeshiya Sabhas</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Public_Administration,_Home_Affairs,_Provincial_Councils_and_Local_Government" title="Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government">Ministry of Provincial Councils <br /> and Local Government</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Public_Administration,_Home_Affairs,_Provincial_Councils_and_Local_Government#Ministers" title="Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government">Cabinet Minister</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chandana_Abayarathna" title="Chandana Abayarathna">Chandana Abayarathna</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Permanent_secretary#Sri_Lanka" title="Permanent secretary">Secretary to the Ministry</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>S. Aloka Bandara</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Bank of Sri Lanka">Central Bank</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Central_Bank_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka">Governor</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nandalal_Weerasinghe" title="Nandalal Weerasinghe">Nandalal Weerasinghe</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b>Senior Deputy Governor</b></li></ul> <ul><li>K. M. A. N. Daulagala</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_rupee" title="Sri Lankan rupee">Currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Sri_Lankan_rupee" title="Banknotes of the Sri Lankan rupee">Banknotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Economy of Sri Lanka">Economy</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance,_Economic_Stabilization_and_National_Policies" title="Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies">Ministry of Finance</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Finance (Sri Lanka)">Cabinet Minister</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake" title="Anura Kumara Dissanayake">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Permanent_secretary#Sri_Lanka" title="Permanent secretary">Secretary to the Ministry</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>K. M. 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The prime minister of <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Ceylon" title="Dominion of Ceylon">Ceylon</a> was the head of the government until 1972. In 1972, the country was renamed as the <i>Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka,</i> and the position was known as the prime minister of Sri Lanka from then onwards. The prime minister also held the unified <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_and_Defence" title="Ministry of External Affairs and Defence">Ministry of External Affairs and Defence</a> until 1977, when the government of <a href="/wiki/Junius_Richard_Jayewardene" class="mw-redirect" title="Junius Richard Jayewardene">J. R. Jayewardene</a> split the ministry into two ministries, forming the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka)">Ministry of Defence</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a>. </p><p>In 1978, after Jayewardene became the president, new constitutional changes were introduced. The position of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">executive president</a> was introduced, resulting in the powers of the prime minister being reduced. The president became the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_(gubernatorial)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief executive (gubernatorial)">chief executive</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the prime minister became a weak <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ratnasiri_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ratnasiri-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the current <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Constitution of Sri Lanka">constitution of Sri Lanka</a>, the prime minister is the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Cabinet of Sri Lanka">Cabinet</a> 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. Such was the case in 1993, when President <a href="/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Ranasinghe Premadasa">Ranasinghe Premadasa</a> was <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa">assassinated</a> and Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Dingiri_Banda_Wijetunga" title="Dingiri Banda Wijetunga">Dingiri Banda Wijetunga</a> took office as president.<sup id="cite_ref-dingiri_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dingiri-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 28 April 2015, the Parliament approved the <a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka">19th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka</a> which gives the power of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Government of Sri Lanka">government</a> to the prime minister, while the president remains the head of state, head of the Cabinet, and <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">commander-in-chief</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the fifteen 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.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> 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),<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whilst <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Dudley Shelton Senanayaka">Dudley Shelton Senanayaka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranayake" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirimavo Bandaranayake">Sirimavo Bandaranayake</a> have each been appointed three times. <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> is the only prime minister who was suspended from his duties by the Supreme Court,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> becoming the first <i>de facto</i> prime minister of Sri Lanka in 2018. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248256098">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{width:100%!important}}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{display:table}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-default{background:transparent;margin-top:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-none{float:none}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-collapsible{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div{display:table-cell;padding:0 4px 4px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main>div{display:table-cell}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallery{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div{display:table-cell;padding:4px;text-align:right;font-size:85%;line-height:1em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div *,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div *{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallerybox img{background:none!important}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img{border:solid var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)1px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb{background:var(--background-color-base,#fff)!important}</style><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default mod-gallery-center"><div class="title"><div>Notable prime ministers</div></div><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_Don_Stephen_Senanayaka_(1884-1952).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="D. S. Senanayake became the first prime minister of Ceylon in 1947."><img alt="D. S. Senanayake became the first prime minister of Ceylon in 1947." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_Don_Stephen_Senanayaka_%281884-1952%29.jpg/150px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_Don_Stephen_Senanayaka_%281884-1952%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_Don_Stephen_Senanayaka_%281884-1952%29.jpg/226px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_Don_Stephen_Senanayaka_%281884-1952%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_Don_Stephen_Senanayaka_%281884-1952%29.jpg/301px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_Don_Stephen_Senanayaka_%281884-1952%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4232" data-file-height="5060" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/D._S._Senanayake" title="D. S. Senanayake">D. S. Senanayake</a> became the first prime minister of Ceylon in 1947.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sirimavo_Bandaranaike,_Prime_Minister_of_Ceylon_1960_(cropped).PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike was the first female prime minister of Ceylon and also its longest-serving prime minister, holding the office for over 17 years on three separate occasions."><img alt="Sirimavo Bandaranaike was the first female prime minister of Ceylon and also its longest-serving prime minister, holding the office for over 17 years on three separate occasions." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike%2C_Prime_Minister_of_Ceylon_1960_%28cropped%29.PNG/143px-Sirimavo_Bandaranaike%2C_Prime_Minister_of_Ceylon_1960_%28cropped%29.PNG" decoding="async" width="143" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike%2C_Prime_Minister_of_Ceylon_1960_%28cropped%29.PNG/215px-Sirimavo_Bandaranaike%2C_Prime_Minister_of_Ceylon_1960_%28cropped%29.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike%2C_Prime_Minister_of_Ceylon_1960_%28cropped%29.PNG 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="339" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a> was the first female prime minister of Ceylon and also its longest-serving prime minister, holding the office for over 17 years on three separate occasions.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ranasinghe_Premadasa.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ranasinghe Premadasa was the longest uninterrupted serving prime minister, holding office for over 10 years from 1978 to 1989."><img alt="Ranasinghe Premadasa was the longest uninterrupted serving prime minister, holding office for over 10 years from 1978 to 1989." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Ranasinghe_Premadasa.jpeg/136px-Ranasinghe_Premadasa.jpeg" decoding="async" width="136" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Ranasinghe_Premadasa.jpeg/204px-Ranasinghe_Premadasa.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Ranasinghe_Premadasa.jpeg/273px-Ranasinghe_Premadasa.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="363" data-file-height="479" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Ranasinghe Premadasa">Ranasinghe Premadasa</a> was the longest uninterrupted serving prime minister, holding office for over 10 years from 1978 to 1989.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ranil_Wickremesinghe_before_the_funeral_of_Shinzo_Abe.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe has served as prime minister four separate times and has been sworn in on six occasions, the most of any Sri Lankan prime minister."><img alt="Ranil Wickremesinghe has served as prime minister four separate times and has been sworn in on six occasions, the most of any Sri Lankan prime minister." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ranil_Wickremesinghe_before_the_funeral_of_Shinzo_Abe.jpg/137px-Ranil_Wickremesinghe_before_the_funeral_of_Shinzo_Abe.jpg" decoding="async" width="137" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ranil_Wickremesinghe_before_the_funeral_of_Shinzo_Abe.jpg/206px-Ranil_Wickremesinghe_before_the_funeral_of_Shinzo_Abe.jpg 1.5x, 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.sticky-header-multi.wikitable{background-color:#101418}}</style> <table class="wikitable sticky-header" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" width="2%">No. </th> <th width="75">Portrait </th> <th width="27%">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="2" width="20%">Term of office<br />Electoral mandates<br />Time in office </th> <th width="27%">Other ministerial offices<br />held while Prime Minister </th> <th width="10%">Political party<br />of PM<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Alliance)</span> </th> <th colspan="2" width="10%">Government </th> <th>Refs </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#07AF14"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>1</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_Don_Stephen_Senanayaka_(1884-1952).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_Don_Stephen_Senanayaka_%281884-1952%29.jpg/79px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_Don_Stephen_Senanayaka_%281884-1952%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_Don_Stephen_Senanayaka_%281884-1952%29.jpg/118px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_Don_Stephen_Senanayaka_%281884-1952%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_Don_Stephen_Senanayaka_%281884-1952%29.jpg/157px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_Don_Stephen_Senanayaka_%281884-1952%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4232" data-file-height="5060" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/D._S._Senanayake" title="D. S. Senanayake"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r920966791">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000024-QINU`"'</style><span class="smallcaps">D. S.</span> Senanayake</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">දොන් ස්ටීවන් සේනානායක</span><br />டான் ஸ்டீபன் சேனாநாயக்க<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1883–1952)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mirigama_Electoral_District" title="Mirigama Electoral District">Mirigama</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 September</span><br />1947 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 March</span><br />1952† </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">Minister of External Affairs and Defence</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/D._S._Senanayake_cabinet" title="D. S. Senanayake cabinet">D. S. Senanayake</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1st_Parliament_of_Ceylon" title="1st Parliament of Ceylon">1st</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/1947_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1947</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">4 years, 5 months and 27 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">The first Prime Minister of Ceylon. The country gained independence from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> during his term of office. Died in office.</span><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#07AF14"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>2</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_(1911-1973).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg/80px-Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg/120px-Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg/160px-Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="739" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Senanayake" title="Dudley Senanayake"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Dudley</span> Senanayake</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">ඩඩ්ලි ෂෙල්ටන් සෙනානායක</span><br />டட்லி சேனநாயக்கா<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1911–1973)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dedigama_Electoral_District" title="Dedigama Electoral District">Dedigama</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">26 March</span><br />1952 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 October</span><br />1953 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">Minister of External Affairs and Defence<br /> Minister of Agriculture & Lands<br /> & Minister of Health & Local Government</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/First_Dudley_Senanayake_cabinet" title="First Dudley Senanayake cabinet">Dudley Senanayake I</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1st_Parliament_of_Ceylon" title="1st Parliament of Ceylon">1st</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Parliament_of_Ceylon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Parliament of Ceylon (page does not exist)">2nd</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/1952_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1952</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">1 year, 6 months and 16 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Appointed as Prime Minister following the death of his father, D. S. Senanayake. His party won at the general elections held in <a href="/wiki/1952_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1952</a>, and he continued to hold office without re-appointment. Resigned amidst the <a href="/wiki/1953_Ceylonese_Hartal" title="1953 Ceylonese Hartal">1953 Ceylonese Hartal</a>.</span><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#07AF14"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>3</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Kotelawala_(1951).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/John_Kotelawala_%281951%29.jpg/80px-John_Kotelawala_%281951%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/John_Kotelawala_%281951%29.jpg/120px-John_Kotelawala_%281951%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/John_Kotelawala_%281951%29.jpg/160px-John_Kotelawala_%281951%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="458" data-file-height="607" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Kotelawala" title="John Kotelawala"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Sir John</span> Kotelawala</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;"> ශ්‍රිමත් ජෝන් කොතලාවල</span><br />சேர் ஜோன் கொத்தலாவலை <br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour" title="Order of the Companions of Honour">CH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">KBE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Most_Venerable_Order_of_the_Hospital_of_Saint_John_of_Jerusalem" class="mw-redirect" title="Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem">KStJ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylon Light Infantry">CLI</a><br />(1897–1980)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dodangaslanda_Electoral_District" title="Dodangaslanda Electoral District">Dodangaslanda</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 October</span><br />1953 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 April</span><br />1956 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">Minister of External Affairs and Defence<br /> & Minister of Transport & Works</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Kotelawala_cabinet" title="Kotelawala cabinet">Kotelawala</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Parliament_of_Ceylon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Parliament of Ceylon (page does not exist)">2nd</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"> — </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">2 years and 6 months</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sri Lanka joined the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> during Kotelawala's term of office.</span><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#0D3B90"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>4</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_(1899-1959).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg/76px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="76" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg/115px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg/153px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4740" data-file-height="5947" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike" title="S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">S. W. R. D.</span> Bandaranaike</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">සොලමන් වෙස්ට් රිජ්වේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක</span><br />சாலமன் வெஸ்ட் ரிட்ஜ்வே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கா<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1899–1959)<br /><a href="/wiki/Attanagalla_Electoral_District" title="Attanagalla Electoral District">Attanagalla</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 April</span><br />1956 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">26 September</span><br />1959† </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">Minister of External Affairs and Defence</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna_(1956)" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956)">MEP</a>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike_cabinet" title="S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/3rd_Parliament_of_Ceylon" title="3rd Parliament of Ceylon">3rd</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/1956_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1956</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">3 years, 5 months and 14 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Bandaranaike changed the official language of the country from <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> to <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalese language">Sinhalese</a>. He was <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike" title="Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike">assassinated</a> during his term of office.</span><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#00008B"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>5</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wijeyananda_Dahanayake_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Wijeyananda_Dahanayake_portrait.jpg/80px-Wijeyananda_Dahanayake_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Wijeyananda_Dahanayake_portrait.jpg/120px-Wijeyananda_Dahanayake_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Wijeyananda_Dahanayake_portrait.jpg/160px-Wijeyananda_Dahanayake_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="969" data-file-height="1357" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Wijeyananda_Dahanayake" title="Wijeyananda Dahanayake"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Wijeyananda</span> Dahanayake</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">විජයානන්ද දහනායක</span><br />விஜயானந்த தகநாயக்கா<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1902–1997)<br /><a href="/wiki/Galle_Electoral_District_(1947%E2%80%931989)" title="Galle Electoral District (1947–1989)">Galle</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">26 September</span><br />1959 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">20 March</span><br />1960 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">Minister of External Affairs and Defence</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_Language_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhala Language Front">Sinhala Bhasha Peramuna</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna_(1956)" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956)">MEP</a>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Dahanayake_cabinet" title="Dahanayake cabinet">Dahanayake</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/3rd_Parliament_of_Ceylon" title="3rd Parliament of Ceylon">3rd</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"> — </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">5 months and 23 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Appointed following the assassination of Bandaranaike. Following disagreements with the members of his government and party, he was forced to dissolve the parliament.</span><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#07AF14"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>(2)</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_(1911-1973).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg/80px-Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg/120px-Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg/160px-Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="739" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Senanayake" title="Dudley Senanayake"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Dudley</span> Senanayake</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">ඩඩ්ලි සේනානායක</span><br />டட்லி சேனநாயக்கா<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1911–1973)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dedigama_Electoral_District" title="Dedigama Electoral District">Dedigama</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 March</span><br />1960 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 July</span><br />1960 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">Minister of External Affairs and Defence</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Dudley_Senanayake_cabinet" title="Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet">Dudley Senanayake II</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Parliament_of_Ceylon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="4th Parliament of Ceylon (page does not exist)">4th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/March_1960_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election">March 1960</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">4 months</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Senanayake's government was defeated within a month. Senanayake continued to serve as prime minister until 21 July 1960.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#0D3B90"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>6</b> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_(1916-2000)_(Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg/80px-Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg/120px-Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg/160px-Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="461" data-file-height="645" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Sirimavo</span> Bandaranaike</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">සිරිමාවො රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක</span><br />சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1916–2000)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 July</span><br />1960 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">25 March</span><br />1965 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">Minister of External Affairs and Defence</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/First_Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_cabinet" title="First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet">Sirimavo Bandaranaike I</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=5th_Parliament_of_Ceylon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5th Parliament of Ceylon (page does not exist)">5th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/July_1960_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election">July 1960</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">4 years, 8 months and 4 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sirimavo Bandaranaike was the world's first female prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-sirimavo_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sirimavo-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was not a member of Parliament at the time of her appointment, and was appointed to the Senate on 2 August 1960.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#07AF14"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>(2)</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_(1911-1973).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg/80px-Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg/120px-Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg/160px-Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="739" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Senanayake" title="Dudley Senanayake"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Dudley</span> Senanayake</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">ඩඩ්ලි සේනානායක</span><br />டட்லி சேனநாயக்கா<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1911–1973)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dedigama_Electoral_District" title="Dedigama Electoral District">Dedigama</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">25 March</span><br />1965 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">29 May</span><br />1970 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">Minister of External Affairs and Defence</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Third_Dudley_Senanayake_cabinet" title="Third Dudley Senanayake cabinet">Dudley Senanayake III</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Parliament_of_Ceylon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="6th Parliament of Ceylon (page does not exist)">6th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/1965_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1965</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">5 years, 2 months and 4 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Senanayake was elected prime minister for the third time, when his party formed a <a href="/wiki/Coalition_government" title="Coalition government">coalition government</a> with the help of six other parties, after an election which did not give a clear majority to any party. The agriculture sector was given high priority during his term of office.</span><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#0D3B90"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>(6)</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_(1916-2000)_(Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg/80px-Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg/120px-Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg/160px-Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="461" data-file-height="645" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Sirimavo</span> Bandaranaike</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">සිරිමාවො රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක</span><br />சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1916–2000) <br /><a href="/wiki/Attanagalla_Electoral_District" title="Attanagalla Electoral District">Attanagalla</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">29 May</span><br />1970 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 July</span><br />1977 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">Minister of External Affairs and Defence<br /> & Minister of Planning & Employment</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_cabinet" title="Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet">Sirimavo Bandaranaike II</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=7th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="7th Parliament of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">7th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/1970_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1970</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">7 years, 1 month and 24 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sirimavo Bandaranaike <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Constitution_of_1972" title="Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972">declared the country a republic</a>, and changed the name of the country from Ceylon to Sri Lanka.<sup id="cite_ref-sirimavo_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sirimavo-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nationalized many companies in the plantation sector and imposed restrictions on several imports. This led to the downfall of the country's economy and her defeat in the <a href="/wiki/1977_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1977 general elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sirimavo_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sirimavo-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#07AF14"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>7</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_(1906-1996).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg/80px-Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg/120px-Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg/160px-Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="294" data-file-height="402" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/J._R._Jayewardene" title="J. R. Jayewardene"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Junius</span> Richard Jayewardene</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">ජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන</span><br />ஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1906–1996)<br /><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Electoral_District" title="Colombo West Electoral District">Colombo West</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 July</span><br />1977 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 February</span><br />1978 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Defence (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Defence</a><br /> Minister of Planning & Economic Affairs<br /> & Minister of Plan Implementation</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Jayewardene_cabinet" title="Jayewardene cabinet">Jayewardene</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/8th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="8th Parliament of Sri Lanka">8th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/1977_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1977</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">6 months and 12 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Introduced the executive presidency in 1978 and became president.</span><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#07AF14"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>8</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ranasinghe_Premadasa.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Ranasinghe_Premadasa.jpeg/80px-Ranasinghe_Premadasa.jpeg" decoding="async" width="80" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Ranasinghe_Premadasa.jpeg/120px-Ranasinghe_Premadasa.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Ranasinghe_Premadasa.jpeg/160px-Ranasinghe_Premadasa.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="363" data-file-height="479" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Ranasinghe Premadasa"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Ranasinghe</span> Premadasa</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">රණසිංහ ප්‍රේමදාස</span><br /> ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–1993)<br /><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Electoral_District" title="Colombo Central Electoral District">Colombo Central</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 February</span><br />1978 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 January</span><br />1989 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">Minister of Local Government, Housing & Construction</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Jayewardene_cabinet" title="Jayewardene cabinet">Jayewardene</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/8th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Sri Lankan Parliament">8th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"> — </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">10 years, 10 months and 27 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">The first prime minister to be appointed after the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Constitution of Sri Lanka">constitutional changes of 1978</a>, with the powers of the position reduced significantly.</span><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#07AF14"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>9</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Dingiri_Banda_Wijetunga" title="Dingiri Banda Wijetunga"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Dingiri</span> Banda Wijetunga</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">ඩිංගිරි බණ්ඩා විජේතුංග</span><br /> டிங்கிரி பண்ட விஜேதுங்க<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1916–2008)<br /><a href="/wiki/Yatinuwara_Electoral_District" title="Yatinuwara Electoral District">Yatinuwara</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 March</span><br />1989 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">7 May</span><br />1993 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Finance (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Finance</a><br /> & Minister of Labour & Vocational Training</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Premadasa_cabinet" title="Premadasa cabinet">Premadasa</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/9th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="9th Sri Lankan Parliament">9th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/1989_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1989</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">4 years, 2 months and 1 day</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Appointed in a surprise move by President Ranasinghe Premadasa. Wijetunga himself reacted in surprise at the appointment.<sup id="cite_ref-dingiri_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dingiri-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned from the post on 28 March 1990 but was reappointed two days later on 30 March 1990. Ascended to the presidency following <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa">Premadasa's assassination</a>.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#07AF14"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>10</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka,_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe,_at_Hyderabad_House,_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23,_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg/80px-Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg/120px-Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg/160px-Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="599" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Ranil</span> Wickremesinghe</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ</span><br />ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)<br /><a href="/wiki/Biyagama_Electoral_District" title="Biyagama Electoral District">Biyagama</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">7 May</span><br />1993 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 August</span><br />1994 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Wijetunga_cabinet" title="Wijetunga cabinet">Wijetunga</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/9th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="9th Sri Lankan Parliament">9th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"> — </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">1 year, 3 months and 12 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Appointed as prime minister following the assassination of former president Ranasinghe Premadasa and Wijetunga's ascension to the presidency.</span><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#0D3B90"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>11</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chandrika_Kumaratunga_with_PM_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Chandrika_Kumaratunga_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Chandrika_Kumaratunga_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Chandrika_Kumaratunga_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Chandrika_Kumaratunga_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Chandrika_Kumaratunga_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Chandrika_Kumaratunga_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="715" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Chandrika</span> Kumaratunga</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">චන්ද්‍රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක කුමාරතුංග</span><br />சந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்கே குமாரதுங்கா<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1945)<br /><a href="/wiki/Attanagalla_Electoral_District" title="Attanagalla Electoral District">Attanagalla</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 August</span><br />1994 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 November</span><br />1994 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Wijetunga_cabinet" title="Wijetunga cabinet">Wijetunga</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/10th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Sri Lankan Parliament">10th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1994</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">2 months and 24 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Served as the prime minister for a short period, before contesting in the <a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan presidential election">1994 presidential elections</a> and being elected as president.</span><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#0D3B90"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>(6)</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_(1916-2000)_(Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg/80px-Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="112" class="mw-file-element" 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ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක</span><br />சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1916–2000)<br /><a href="/wiki/National_List_Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="National List Member of Parliament">National List</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 November</span><br />1994 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 August</span><br />2000 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Kumaratunga_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumaratunga cabinet">Kumaratunga</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/10th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Sri Lankan Parliament">10th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"> — </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">5 years, 8 months and 26 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sirimavo Bandaranaike was appointed as the prime minister for a third and final term when her daughter Chandrika Kumaratunga was appointed as the president of Sri Lanka. Resigned in 2000.</span><sup id="cite_ref-sirimavo_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sirimavo-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#0D3B90"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>12</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg/75px-Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg/113px-Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg/150px-Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="394" data-file-height="544" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake" title="Ratnasiri Wickremanayake"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Ratnasiri</span> Wickremanayake</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">රත්නසිරි වික්‍රමනායක</span><br />ரத்னசிறி விக்கிரமநாயக்க<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1933–2016)<br /><a href="/wiki/Horana_Electoral_District" title="Horana Electoral District">Horana</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 August</span><br />2000 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">7 December</span><br />2001 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Kumaratunga_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumaratunga cabinet">Kumaratunga</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/10th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Sri Lankan Parliament">10th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/11th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Sri Lankan Parliament">11th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/2000_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2000</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">1 year, 3 months and 27 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Wickremanayake assumed the office of prime minister following the resignation of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.</span><sup id="cite_ref-ratnasiri_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ratnasiri-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#07AF14"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>(10)</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka,_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe,_at_Hyderabad_House,_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23,_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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style="font-size:85%;">6 April</span><br />2004 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Kumaratunga_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumaratunga cabinet">Kumaratunga</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/12th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Sri Lankan Parliament">12th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/2001_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2001</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">2 years, 3 months and 28 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Wickremesinghe's term of office ended early when President Chandrika Kumaratunga dismissed his government and called for a general election in <a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2004</a>.</span><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#0D3B90"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>13</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Mahinda</span> Rajapaksa</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ</span><br />மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1945)<br /><a href="/wiki/Hambantota_Electoral_District" title="Hambantota Electoral District">Hambantota</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 April</span><br />2004 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 November</span><br />2005 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Highways_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Highways (Sri Lanka)">Ministry of Highways</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Kumaratunga_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumaratunga cabinet">Kumaratunga</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/13th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="13th Sri Lankan Parliament">13th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2004</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">1 year, 7 months and 13 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Appointed as prime minister of the cabinet that was formed after the elections following the dismissal of Wickremesinghe's government by President Chandrika Kumaratunga. He won the presidential elections in <a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">2005</a> and was appointed President of Sri Lanka.</span><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#0D3B90"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>(12)</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg/75px-Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg/113px-Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg/150px-Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="394" data-file-height="544" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake" title="Ratnasiri Wickremanayake"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Ratnasiri</span> Wickremanayake</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">රත්නසිරි වික්‍රමනායක</span><br />ரத்னசிறி விக்கிரமநாயக்க<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1933–2016)<br /><a href="/wiki/National_List_Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="National List Member of Parliament">National List</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 November</span><br />2005 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 April</span><br />2010 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Rajapaksa_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajapaksa cabinet">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/13th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="13th Sri Lankan Parliament">13th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"> — </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">4 years, 5 months and 2 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Appointed as prime minister when Rajapaksa assumed the presidency.</span><sup id="cite_ref-ratnasiri_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ratnasiri-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#0D3B90"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>14</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nimal_Korale_PM-_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Nimal_Korale_PM-_cropped.jpg/80px-Nimal_Korale_PM-_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Nimal_Korale_PM-_cropped.jpg/120px-Nimal_Korale_PM-_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Nimal_Korale_PM-_cropped.jpg/160px-Nimal_Korale_PM-_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1272" data-file-height="1910" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/D._M._Jayaratne" title="D. M. Jayaratne"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">D. M.</span> Jayaratne</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">දිසානායක මුදියන්සේලාගේ ජයරත්න</span><br />திசாநாயக்க முதியன்சேலாகே ஜயரத்ன<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1931–2019)<br /><a href="/wiki/National_List_Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="National List Member of Parliament">National List</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 April</span><br />2010 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 January</span><br />2015 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Buddhasasana_%26_Religious_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Buddhasasana & Religious Affairs">Minister of Buddhasasana & Religious Affairs</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Rajapaksa_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajapaksa cabinet">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/14th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Sri Lankan Parliament">14th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2010</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">4 years, 8 months and 19 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Appointed as prime minister after the incumbent Sri Lanka Freedom Party won the parliamentary elections held in April 2010.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#07AF14"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>(10)</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka,_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe,_at_Hyderabad_House,_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23,_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg/80px-Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Ranil</span> Wickremesinghe</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ</span><br />ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)<br /><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Electoral_District" title="Colombo Electoral District">Colombo</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 January</span><br />2015 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">26 October</span><br />2018 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_National_Policies_and_Economic_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs">Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNFGG</a>)</span> </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/First_Sirisena_cabinet" title="First Sirisena cabinet">Sirisena I</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/14th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Sri Lankan Parliament">14th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2015</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Sirisena_cabinet" title="Second Sirisena cabinet">Sirisena II</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/15th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Sri Lankan Parliament">15th</a></span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">3 years, 9 months and 17 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Appointed as prime minister by President <a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> after his victory in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election">2015 presidential elections</a> and was re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2015 parliamentary elections</a>.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#87171A"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>(13)</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Mahinda</span> Rajapaksa</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ</span><br />மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1945)<br /><a href="/wiki/Kurunegala_Electoral_District" title="Kurunegala Electoral District">Kurunegala</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i>)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">26 October</span><br />2018 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">15 December</span><br />2018 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Finance (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Third_Sirisena_cabinet" title="Third Sirisena cabinet">Sirisena III</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/15th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="15th Parliament of Sri Lanka">15th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center">— </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">1 month and 19 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_constitutional_crisis" title="2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis">2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis</a>: Appointed by Sirisena after the incumbent Wickremesinghe was suddenly dismissed by Sirisena. Rajapaksa's term was disputed by Wickremesinghe and Sri Lanka had two concurrent prime ministerial claimants. After failing to conduct a majority support vote in the house, Rajapaksa's duties were suspended by the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Supreme Court of Sri Lanka">Supreme Court of Sri Lanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently resigned from office to pave way for Wickremesinghe.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#07AF14"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>(10)</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka,_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe,_at_Hyderabad_House,_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23,_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg/80px-Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg/120px-Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg/160px-Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="599" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Ranil</span> Wickremesinghe</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ</span><br />ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)<br /><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Electoral_District" title="Colombo Electoral District">Colombo</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">16 December</span><br />2018 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 November</span><br />2019 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_National_Policies_and_Economic_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs">Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNFGG</a>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Sirisena_cabinet" title="Fourth Sirisena cabinet">Sirisena IV</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/15th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Sri Lankan Parliament">15th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"> — </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">11 months and 5 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Restored as prime minister after the <a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_constitutional_crisis" title="2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis">2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis</a>. Resigned in 2019.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#87171A"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>(13)</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_former_President_of_Sri_Lanka,_Mr._Mahinda_Rajapaksa_meeting_the_Prime_Minister,_Shri_Narendra_Modi,_in_New_Delhi_on_September_12,_2018_(1)_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/The_former_President_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Mahinda_Rajapaksa_meeting_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_12%2C_2018_%281%29_%28cropped%29.JPG/80px-The_former_President_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Mahinda_Rajapaksa_meeting_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_12%2C_2018_%281%29_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="80" height="112" class="mw-file-element" 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Mahinda</span> Rajapaksa</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ</span><br />மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1945)<br /><a href="/wiki/Kurunegala_Electoral_District" title="Kurunegala Electoral District">Kurunegala</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 November</span><br />2019 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 May</span><br />2022 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Finance (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Finance</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Urban_Development_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Ministry of Urban Development (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Urban Development & Housing</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Buddha_Sasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Buddha Sasana">Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious & Cultural Affairs</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLFPA</a>)</span> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/First_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="First Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">Gotabaya Rajapaksa I</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/15th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Sri Lankan Parliament">15th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/2020_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2020</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">Gotabaya Rajapaksa II</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/16th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="16th Parliament of Sri Lanka">16th</a></span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">2 years, 5 months and 18 days</span> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Third_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="Third Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">Gotabaya Rajapaksa III</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Appointed by President <a href="/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Gotabaya Rajapaksa</a>, following the resignation of Ranil Wickremesinghe after the <a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2019 Sri Lankan presidential election">2019 presidential election</a> and was re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/2020_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2020 parliamentary elections</a>. Much of his tenure was plagued with major <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%93present_Sri_Lankan_economic_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis">economic</a> and <a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_political_crisis" title="2022 Sri Lankan political crisis">political</a> crises. Resigned amidst the <a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests" title="2022 Sri Lankan protests">2022 Sri Lankan protests</a>.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#07AF14"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>(10)</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka,_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe,_at_Hyderabad_House,_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23,_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg/80px-Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg/120px-Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg/160px-Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Ranil_Wickremesinghe%2C_at_Hyderabad_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_23%2C_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="599" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Ranil</span> Wickremesinghe</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ</span><br />ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)<br /><a href="/wiki/National_List_Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="National List Member of Parliament">National List</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 May</span><br />2022 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 July</span><br />2022 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Finance (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Finance</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="Fourth Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">Gotabaya Rajapaksa IV</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/16th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="16th Parliament of Sri Lanka">16th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"> — </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">2 months and 9 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, following the resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa amidst the <a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_political_crisis" title="2022 Sri Lankan political crisis">2022 Sri Lankan political crisis</a>. On 13 July 2022, he became the acting president of the republic as Gotabaya Rajapaksa <a href="/wiki/Exile_of_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Exile of Gotabaya Rajapaksa">fled the country and resigned</a> amidst the protests and was outright <a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2022 Sri Lankan presidential election">elected</a> as president a week later.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#87171A"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>15</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dinesh_Gunawardena_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Dinesh_Gunawardena_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Dinesh_Gunawardena_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Dinesh_Gunawardena_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Dinesh_Gunawardena_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Dinesh_Gunawardena_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Dinesh_Gunawardena_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="593" data-file-height="763" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Dinesh</span> Gunawardena</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන</span><br />தினேஷ் குணவர்தன<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)<br /><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Electoral_District" title="Colombo Electoral District">Colombo</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 July</span><br />2022 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 September</span><br />2024 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLFPA</a>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Wickremesinghe_cabinet" title="Wickremesinghe cabinet">Wickremesinghe</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/16th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="16th Parliament of Sri Lanka">16th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"> — </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">2 years, 2 months and 1 day</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Appointed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe following his ascension to the presidency. Temporarily succeeded Mahinda Rajapaksa as the de facto leader of the ruling SLPP during the 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#C4094A"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>16</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Harini_Amarasuriya" title="Harini Amarasuriya"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Harini Amarasuriya</span></a></b> <br /><span style="font-size:125%;">හරිනි අමරසූරිය</span><br />ஹரிணி அமரசூரிய<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1970)<br /><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Electoral_District" title="Colombo Electoral District">Colombo</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 September </span><br />2024 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Education_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Education (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#E0B5C4"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Power" title="National People's Power">National People's Power</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#E0B5C4"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/First_Dissanayake_cabinet" title="First Dissanayake cabinet">Dissanayake I</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/16th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="16th Parliament of Sri Lanka">16th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Prime_Ministers_11-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prime_Ministers-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2024</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#E0B5C4"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Dissanayake_cabinet" title="Second Dissanayake cabinet">Dissanayake II</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#E0B5C4"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/17th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="17th Parliament of Sri Lanka">17th</a></span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">2 months and 1 day</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Appointed by President <a href="/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake" title="Anura Kumara Dissanayake">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a> following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a> after the <a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan presidential election">2024 presidential election</a> and was re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2024 parliamentary elections</a>.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_prime_ministers_by_length_of_term">List of prime ministers by length of term</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_prime_ministers_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of prime ministers by length of term"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number" rowspan="2"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="">No.</span> </th> <th rowspan="2">Name </th> <th rowspan="2">Party </th> <th rowspan="2">No. of terms </th> <th colspan="3">Length of term </th></tr> <tr> <th>Longest continuous term </th> <th>Total years of premiership </th></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="1">1 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Bandaranaike, Sirimavo"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>7 years, 55 days </td> <td>17 years and 204 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="2">2 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Premadasa, Ranasinghe"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Ranasinghe Premadasa">Ranasinghe Premadasa</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>10 years, 331 days </td> <td>10 years, 331 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="3">3 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Wickremesinghe, Ranil"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>3 years, 290 days </td> <td>8 years and 191 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="4">4 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Senanayake, Dudley"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Senanayake" title="Dudley Senanayake">Dudley Senanayake</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>5 years, 65 days </td> <td>7 years, 20 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="5">5 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Wickremanayake, Ratnasiri"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake" title="Ratnasiri Wickremanayake">Ratnasiri Wickremanayake</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>4 years, 153 days </td> <td>5 years, 270 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="6">6 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Jayaratne, D. M."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/D._M._Jayaratne" title="D. M. Jayaratne">D. M. Jayaratne</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>4 years, 263 days </td> <td>4 years, 263 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="7">7 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Senanayake, D. S."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/D._S._Senanayake" title="D. S. Senanayake">D. S. Senanayake</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>4 years, 180 days </td> <td>4 years, 180 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="8">8 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Rajapaksa, Mahinda"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>2 years, 169 days </td> <td>4 years and 80 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="9">9 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Wijetunga, Dingiri Banda"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dingiri_Banda_Wijetunga" title="Dingiri Banda Wijetunga">Dingiri Banda Wijetunga</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>4 years, 62 days </td> <td>4 years, 62 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="10">10 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike" title="S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>3 years, 167 days </td> <td>3 years, 167 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="11">11 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Gunawardena, Dinesh"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">SLPP</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 years, 63 days </td> <td>2 years, 63 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="12">12 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Kotelawala, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Kotelawala" title="John Kotelawala">John Kotelawala</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 years, 183 days </td> <td>2 years, 183 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="13">13 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Jayewardene, J. R."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/J._R._Jayewardene" title="J. R. Jayewardene">J. R. Jayewardene</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>196 days </td> <td>196 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="14">14 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Dahanayake, Wijeyananda"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Wijeyananda_Dahanayake" title="Wijeyananda Dahanayake">Wijeyananda Dahanayake</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_Language_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhala Language Front">SBP</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>176 days </td> <td>176 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="15">15 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Kumaratunga, Chandrika"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>85 days </td> <td>85 days </td></tr> <tr style="background:#CFC;"> <th data-sort-value="16">16 </th> <td><b><span data-sort-value="Amarasuriya, Harini"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harini_Amarasuriya" title="Harini Amarasuriya">Harini Amarasuriya</a></span></span></span></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Power" title="National People's Power">NPP</a></b> </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td><b>62 days*</b> </td> <td><b>62 days*</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Timeline</dt></dl> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_68a1pjow13vunu68k3x3ithf4p8i5j7"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Harini_Amarasuriya" coords="790,214,926,235" title="Harini Amarasuriya" alt="Harini Amarasuriya" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" coords="777,200,913,221" title="Dinesh Gunawardena" alt="Dinesh Gunawardena" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" coords="754,172,885,193" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa" alt="Mahinda Rajapaksa" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/D._M._Jayaratne" coords="684,186,803,207" title="D. 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W. R. D. Bandaranaike">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike_family" title="Bandaranaike family">Bandaranaike</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Father and son</td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._S._Senanayake" title="D. S. Senanayake">D. S. Senanayake</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Senanayake" title="Dudley Senanayake">Dudley Senanayake</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senanayake_family" title="Senanayake family">Senanayake</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Father and daughter</td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike" title="S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike_family" title="Bandaranaike family">Bandaranaike</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mother and daughter</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike_family" title="Bandaranaike family">Bandaranaike</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Uncle and nephew</td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._S._Senanayake" title="D. S. Senanayake">D. S. Senanayake</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Kotelawala" title="John Kotelawala">John Kotelawala</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senanayake_family" title="Senanayake family">Senanayake</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cousins</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Senanayake" title="Dudley Senanayake">Dudley Senanayake</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Kotelawala" title="John Kotelawala">John Kotelawala</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senanayake_family" title="Senanayake family">Senanayake</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>First cousins once removed</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Junius_Richard_Jayewardene" class="mw-redirect" title="Junius Richard Jayewardene">Junius Richard Jayewardene</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wijewardene_family" title="Wijewardene family">Wijewardene</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Living_prime_ministers">Living prime ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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<td>1994–1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1945-11-18</span>) </span>18 November 1945<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 79)</span> </td> <td>2004–2005, 2018, 2019–2022, </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1949-03-02</span>) </span>2 March 1949<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 75)</span> </td> <td>2022–2024 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#CFC;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Harini_Amarasuriya" title="Harini Amarasuriya">Harini Amarasuriya</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1970-03-06</span>) </span>6 March 1970<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 54)</span> </td> <td>2024–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span 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