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der Staatspräsidenten Sri Lankas" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_pr%C3%A9sidents_du_Sri_Lanka" title="Liste des présidents du Sri Lanka – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Liste des présidents 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-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listo_pri_prezidanti_di_Sri-Lanka" title="Listo pri prezidanti di Sri-Lanka – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Listo pri prezidanti di Sri-Lanka" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a 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ministerial offices<br />held while president </th> <th width="10%">Party<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Alliance)</span> </th> <th colspan="2" width="10%">Government </th> <th><abbr title="Reference(s)">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>1</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JFKWHP-AR6771-B_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="William Gopallawa"><img alt="William Gopallawa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/JFKWHP-AR6771-B_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-JFKWHP-AR6771-B_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/JFKWHP-AR6771-B_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-JFKWHP-AR6771-B_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/JFKWHP-AR6771-B_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-JFKWHP-AR6771-B_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="817" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Gopallawa%27s_flag.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/President_Gopallawa%27s_flag.gif/60px-President_Gopallawa%27s_flag.gif" decoding="async" width="60" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/President_Gopallawa%27s_flag.gif/90px-President_Gopallawa%27s_flag.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/President_Gopallawa%27s_flag.gif/120px-President_Gopallawa%27s_flag.gif 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/William_Gopallawa" title="William Gopallawa">William Gopallawa</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">විලියම් ගොපල්ලව</span><br />வில்லியம் கோபள்ளவா<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1896–1981)<br /><a href="/wiki/Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Province, Sri Lanka">Central</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 May</span><br />1972 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 February</span><br />1978 </td> <td rowspan="3"> </td> <td bgcolor="#DDDDDD" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_cabinet" title="Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet">Sirimavo Bandaranaike II</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_National_State_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1st National State Assembly (page does not exist)">10th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Heads_of_State_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heads_of_State-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center">— </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">5 years, 8 months and 13 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Served as the last <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Ceylon" title="Governor-General of Ceylon">Governor-General of Ceylon</a> and the first (non-executive) President when Ceylon <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Constitution_of_1972" title="Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972">declared itself a republic</a> in 1972, and changed its name to Sri Lanka.</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:J._R._Jayawardene,_President_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka_on_June_20,_1984.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="J. 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R Jayawardene" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/J._R._Jayawardene%2C_President_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka_on_June_20%2C_1984.jpg/80px-J._R._Jayawardene%2C_President_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka_on_June_20%2C_1984.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/J._R._Jayawardene%2C_President_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka_on_June_20%2C_1984.jpg/120px-J._R._Jayawardene%2C_President_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka_on_June_20%2C_1984.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/J._R._Jayawardene%2C_President_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka_on_June_20%2C_1984.jpg/160px-J._R._Jayawardene%2C_President_of_the_Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka_on_June_20%2C_1984.jpg 2x" data-file-width="756" data-file-height="995" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Junius_Jayawardene%27s_flag.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Junius_Jayawardene%27s_flag.gif/60px-Junius_Jayawardene%27s_flag.gif" decoding="async" width="60" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Junius_Jayawardene%27s_flag.gif/90px-Junius_Jayawardene%27s_flag.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Junius_Jayawardene%27s_flag.gif/120px-Junius_Jayawardene%27s_flag.gif 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/J._R._Jayewardene" title="J. R. Jayewardene">Junius 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/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 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%;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Defence (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Defence</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Planning_%26_Economic_Affairs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minister of Planning & Economic Affairs (page does not exist)">Minister of Planning & Economic Affairs</a><br /> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Plan_Implementation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minister of Plan Implementation (page does not exist)">Minister of Plan Implementation</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Higher_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Higher Education">Minister of Higher Education</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#D0F0C0" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#D0F0C0" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Jayewardene_cabinet" title="Jayewardene cabinet">Jayewardene</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#D0F0C0" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_National_State_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd National State Assembly (page does not exist)">11th</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/8th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Sri Lankan Parliament">12th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Heads_of_State_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heads_of_State-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/1982_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1982 Sri Lankan presidential election">1982</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">10 years, 11 months and 29 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Introduced the Executive Presidency in 1978, and assumed the position of president of Sri Lanka.</span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-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>3</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ranasinghe_Premadasa.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ranasinghe Premadasa"><img alt="Ranasinghe Premadasa" 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"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ranasinghe_Premadasa%27s_flag_.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ranasinghe_Premadasa%27s_flag_.gif/60px-Ranasinghe_Premadasa%27s_flag_.gif" decoding="async" width="60" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ranasinghe_Premadasa%27s_flag_.gif/90px-Ranasinghe_Premadasa%27s_flag_.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ranasinghe_Premadasa%27s_flag_.gif/120px-Ranasinghe_Premadasa%27s_flag_.gif 2x" data-file-width="378" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankabhimanya" title="Sri Lankabhimanya">Sri Lankabhimanya</a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Ranasinghe Premadasa">Ranasinghe 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/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 January</span><br />1989 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 May</span><br />1993† </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 /> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Buddha_Sasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Buddha Sasana">Minister of Buddha Sasana</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Policy_Planning_%26_Implementation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minister of Policy Planning & Implementation (page does not exist)">Minister of Policy Planning & Implementation</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#D0F0C0" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#D0F0C0" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Premadasa_cabinet" title="Premadasa cabinet">Premadasa</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#D0F0C0" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/9th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="9th Sri Lankan Parliament">13th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Heads_of_State_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heads_of_State-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/1988_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1988 Sri Lankan presidential election">1988</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">4 years and 4 months</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa">Assassinated</a> during a <a href="/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day" title="International Workers' Day">May Day</a> rally by an <a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">LTTE</a> <a href="/wiki/Suicide_attack" title="Suicide attack">suicide bomber</a>.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="5" style="background-color:#07AF14"> </td> <td rowspan="5" align="center"><b>4</b> </td> <td rowspan="5"> </td> <td rowspan="5" align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DBWijethunge_President_Standard_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/DBWijethunge_President_Standard_.jpg/60px-DBWijethunge_President_Standard_.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/DBWijethunge_President_Standard_.jpg/90px-DBWijethunge_President_Standard_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/DBWijethunge_President_Standard_.jpg/120px-DBWijethunge_President_Standard_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="149" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankabhimanya" title="Sri Lankabhimanya">Sri Lankabhimanya</a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Dingiri_Banda_Wijetunga" title="Dingiri Banda Wijetunga">Dingiri 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/Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Province, Sri Lanka">Central</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>1 May</i></span><br /><i>1993</i> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>7 May</i></span><br /><i>1993</i> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Defence (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Defence</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Finance (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Finance</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Buddha_Sasana,_Religious_and_Cultural_Affairs" title="Ministry of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs">Minister of Buddhist Affairs</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" 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="2" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Wijetunga_cabinet" title="Wijetunga cabinet">Wijetunga I</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/9th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="9th Sri Lankan Parliament">13th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="5"><sup id="cite_ref-Heads_of_State_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heads_of_State-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">7 May</span><br />1993 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 November</span><br />1994 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/1993_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1993 Sri Lankan presidential election">1993</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Wijetunga_cabinet" title="Wijetunga cabinet">Wijetunga II</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/10th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Sri Lankan Parliament">14th</a></span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">1 year, 6 months and 10 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Prime Minister at the time of Premadasa's assassination. Appointed as acting president and continued in that capacity until 7 May 1993 when he was elected by Parliament to the office of president under Article 40 of the Constitution.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#0D3B90"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>5</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chandrika_Kumaratunga_with_PM_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga"><img alt="Chandrika Kumaratunga" 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"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Presidential_Flag_of_Chandrika_Kumaratunga.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Presidential_Flag_of_Chandrika_Kumaratunga.gif/60px-Presidential_Flag_of_Chandrika_Kumaratunga.gif" decoding="async" width="60" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Presidential_Flag_of_Chandrika_Kumaratunga.gif/90px-Presidential_Flag_of_Chandrika_Kumaratunga.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Presidential_Flag_of_Chandrika_Kumaratunga.gif/120px-Presidential_Flag_of_Chandrika_Kumaratunga.gif 2x" data-file-width="378" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">චන්ද්‍රිකා කුමාරතුංග</span><br />சந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்கே குமாரதுங்கா<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1945)<br /><a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 November</span><br />1994 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 November</span><br />2005 </td> <td rowspan="3"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></span><br />(<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a></span>) </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Kumaratunga_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumaratunga cabinet">Kumaratunga</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/10th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Sri Lankan Parliament">14th</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/11th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Sri Lankan Parliament">15th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Heads_of_State_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heads_of_State-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan presidential election">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/1999_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1999 Sri Lankan presidential election">1999</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/12th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Sri Lankan Parliament">16th</a></span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">11 years and 7 days</span> </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/13th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="13th Sri Lankan Parliament">17th</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">The first non-<a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> president of the country. Appointed her mother, <a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a>, to succeed her as prime minister. Victim of multiple <a href="/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Attempted assassination of Chandrika Kumaratunga">assassination attempts</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">LTTE</a>, all of which were unsuccessful.</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"><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" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa"><img alt="Mahinda Rajapaksa" 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class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Law & Order">Minister of Law & Order</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Highways,_Ports_%26_Shipping" title="Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping">Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></span><br />(<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a></span>) </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Rajapaksa_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajapaksa cabinet">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/13th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="13th Sri Lankan Parliament">17th</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/14th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Sri Lankan Parliament">18th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Heads_of_State_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heads_of_State-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan presidential election">2010</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">9 years, 1 month and 21 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Sri_Lankan_Army_Northern_offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="2008–09 Sri Lankan Army Northern offensive">Ended</a> the 25-year-long <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">Sri Lankan Civil War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">LTTE</a> insurgency in the country. <a href="/wiki/Alleged_war_crimes_during_the_final_stages_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Alleged war crimes during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War">Alleged war crimes during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War</a>, various <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa#Infrastructure_development_projects" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">infrastructure development projects</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa_feud_with_Sarath_Fonseka" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa feud with Sarath Fonseka">feud with Sarath Fonseka</a>, introduced the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, <a href="/wiki/Impeachment_of_Shirani_Bandaranayake" title="Impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake">impeached</a> <a href="/wiki/Shirani_Bandaranayake" title="Shirani Bandaranayake">Shirani Bandaranayake</a>. Defeated in <a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election">2015</a>.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#0D3B90"> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b>7</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maithripala-_Russia_(portrait).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Maithripala Sirisena"><img alt="Maithripala Sirisena" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg/80px-Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg/120px-Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg/160px-Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="667" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_President_of_Sri_Lanka_(2015%E2%80%932019).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Flag_of_the_President_of_Sri_Lanka_%282015%E2%80%932019%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Sri_Lanka_%282015%E2%80%932019%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Flag_of_the_President_of_Sri_Lanka_%282015%E2%80%932019%29.svg/90px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Sri_Lanka_%282015%E2%80%932019%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Flag_of_the_President_of_Sri_Lanka_%282015%E2%80%932019%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Sri_Lanka_%282015%E2%80%932019%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="204" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන</span><br />மைத்திரிபால சிறிசேன<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1951)<br /><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Central Province, Sri Lanka">North Central</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 January </span><br />2015 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 November</span><br />2019 </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 /><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Mahaweli_Development_and_Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment">Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><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">18th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-Heads_of_State_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heads_of_State-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election">2015</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><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">19th</a></span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">4 years, 10 months and 9 days</span> </td> <td bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Sirisena_cabinet" title="Fourth Sirisena cabinet">Sirisena IV</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Defeated Rajapaksa in his unprecedented bid for a third term. Ran as a candidate of the <a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">New Democratic Front</a> and was mainly backed by the UNP. <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</a>. 100-day reform program. Reinstated <a href="/wiki/Shirani_Bandaranayake" title="Shirani Bandaranayake">Shirani Bandaranayake</a> as Chief Justice. Promoted <a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Sarath Fonseka</a> to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Field_marshal_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Field marshal (Sri Lanka)">Field Marshal</a>. Failed to act on intelligence of the <a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lanka_Easter_bombings" title="2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings">2019 Easter bombings</a>.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="5" style="background-color:#87171A"> </td> <td rowspan="5" align="center"><b>8</b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nandasena_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa"><img alt="Gotabaya Rajapaksa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Nandasena_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa.jpg/80px-Nandasena_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Nandasena_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa.jpg/120px-Nandasena_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Nandasena_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa.jpg/160px-Nandasena_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="678" data-file-height="946" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="5" align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Presidential_Standard_of_Sri_Lanka_(Gotabaya_Rajapaksa).gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Presidential_Standard_of_Sri_Lanka_%28Gotabaya_Rajapaksa%29.gif/60px-Presidential_Standard_of_Sri_Lanka_%28Gotabaya_Rajapaksa%29.gif" decoding="async" width="60" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Presidential_Standard_of_Sri_Lanka_%28Gotabaya_Rajapaksa%29.gif/90px-Presidential_Standard_of_Sri_Lanka_%28Gotabaya_Rajapaksa%29.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Presidential_Standard_of_Sri_Lanka_%28Gotabaya_Rajapaksa%29.gif/120px-Presidential_Standard_of_Sri_Lanka_%28Gotabaya_Rajapaksa%29.gif 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Gotabaya Rajapaksa</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ</span><br />கோட்டாபய ராஜபக்ஷ<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)<br /><a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 November </span><br />2019 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 July </span><br />2022 </td> <td rowspan="4"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Defence (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Defence</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Technology_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Technology (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Technology</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFCCCC" rowspan="4"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna</a></span><br />(<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLPFA</a></span>) </td> <td bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/First_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="First Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">Rajapaksa I</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/15th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="15th Parliament of Sri Lanka">19th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="5"><sup id="cite_ref-Heads_of_State_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heads_of_State-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2019 Sri Lankan presidential election">2019</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">Rajapaksa II</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFCCCC" rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/16th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="16th Parliament of Sri Lanka">20th</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Third_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="Third Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">Rajapaksa III</a></span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">2 years, 7 months and 26 days</span> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="Fourth Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">Rajapaksa IV</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Appointed Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister. Amassed extensive presidential powers through the <a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka">20th Amendment to the Constitution</a>. Economic mismanagement led the country to an <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%93present_Sri_Lankan_economic_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis">economic crisis</a>, and a subsequent <a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_political_crisis" title="2022 Sri Lankan political crisis">political crisis</a>, when he refused to resign in response to massive <a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests" title="2022 Sri Lankan protests">anti-government protests</a>. Reappointed <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> as Prime Minister in May 2022, following Mahinda Rajapaksa's resignation. Resigned on 14 July, after <a href="/wiki/Exile_of_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Exile of Gotabaya Rajapaksa">fleeing the country</a> the day before, designating Wickremesinghe as acting president.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="5" style="background-color:#07AF14"> </td> <td rowspan="5" align="center"><b>9</b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Dr_Muizzu_meets_Sri_Lankan_President_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe"><img alt="Ranil Wickremesinghe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/President_Dr_Muizzu_meets_Sri_Lankan_President_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-President_Dr_Muizzu_meets_Sri_Lankan_President_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/President_Dr_Muizzu_meets_Sri_Lankan_President_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-President_Dr_Muizzu_meets_Sri_Lankan_President_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/President_Dr_Muizzu_meets_Sri_Lankan_President_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-President_Dr_Muizzu_meets_Sri_Lankan_President_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="903" data-file-height="1271" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="5" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ</span><br />ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>14 July</i></span><br /><i>2022</i> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>20 July</i></span><br /><i>2022</i> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Defence (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Defence</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Technology_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Technology (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Technology</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Finance (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Finance</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Women,_Child_Affairs_and_Social_Empowerment" title="Ministry of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment">Minister of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" 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="4" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Wickremesinghe_cabinet" title="Wickremesinghe cabinet">Wickremesinghe</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/16th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="16th Parliament of Sri Lanka">20th</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="5"><sup id="cite_ref-Gunasekara_14_July_2022_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gunasekara_14_July_2022-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">20 July</span><br />2022 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 September</span><br />2024 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2022 Sri Lankan presidential election">2022</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E9E9E9"> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">2 years, 2 months and 9 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><span style="font-size:85%;">Appointed as acting president following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Gotabaya Rajapaksa</a>, who <a href="/wiki/Exile_of_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Exile of Gotabaya Rajapaksa">fled the country</a> amidst the <a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_political_crisis" title="2022 Sri Lankan political crisis">2022 Sri Lankan political crisis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 July 2022 he was <a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2022 Sri Lankan presidential election">elected by Parliament</a> to the office of president under Article 40 of the Constitution.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td rowspan="5" style="background-color:#C4094A"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b>10</b> </td> <td rowspan="5" align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anura_Disanayake_press_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Anura Kumara Dissanayake"><img alt="Anura Kumara Dissanayake" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Anura_Disanayake_press_%28cropped%29.png/80px-Anura_Disanayake_press_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" 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