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href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Colombo_Electoral_District" title="Colombo Electoral District">Colombo District</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />25 August 1994 – 7 February 2004</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1945-03-21</span>) </span>21 March 1945<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 79)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">British Ceylon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri 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colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Karunasena Kodituwakku</b> (born March 21, 1945) is a <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan</a> politician, <a href="/wiki/Academic" class="mw-redirect" title="Academic">academic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diplomat" title="Diplomat">diplomat</a>. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/St._Servatius%27_College,_Matara" title="St. Servatius' College, Matara">St. Servatius' College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matara,_Sri_Lanka" title="Matara, Sri Lanka">Matara</a>. He was the Sri Lankan ambassador to <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, and non-resident ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</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><sup id="cite_ref-Mongolia_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mongolia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-North_Korea_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-North_Korea-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of Education, Human Resources Development and Cultural Affairs<sup id="cite_ref-ref1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the third governor of the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. He also served as the vice chancellor of <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sri_Jayewardenepura" title="University of Sri Jayewardenepura">University of Sri Jayewardenepura</a> and Sri Lankan ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">Republic of Korea</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karunasena_Kodituwakku&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kodituwakku received his higher education at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kelaniya" title="University of Kelaniya">University of Kelaniya</a>, where he gained a BA (Hons) degree in economics in 1968. He received his MA degree in economics from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_New_England,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="University of New England, Australia">University of New England</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>) on a <a href="/wiki/Colombo_Plan" title="Colombo Plan">Colombo Plan</a> scholarship, and his doctorate (<a href="/wiki/D.Litt." class="mw-redirect" title="D.Litt.">D.Litt.</a>) from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sri_Jayewardenepura" title="University of Sri Jayewardenepura">University of Sri Jayewardenepura</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academic_career">Academic career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karunasena_Kodituwakku&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Academic career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between 1968 and 1991, he served as a senior lecturer in <a href="/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">economics</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sri_Jayewardenepura" title="University of Sri Jayewardenepura">University of Sri Jayewardenepura</a>. In 1978 he was seconded to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Employment as a planning director with the responsibility for the introduction of the graduate placement scheme to help ease high unemployment among graduates in the 1970s. In 1983 he was appointed by the then-Sri Lankan president, <a href="/wiki/J.R._Jayawardena" class="mw-redirect" title="J.R. Jayawardena">J.R. Jayawardena</a>, as the competent authority of the university when the incumbent <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chancellor" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Chancellor">Vice Chancellor</a> resigned his post, and July that year he was appointed its Vice Chancellor which he held till April 1988. Post-graduate Management Institute (PIM), post graduate studies on forestry department, medical faculty and the library complex were started during his time as the VC. In 1986 he became the President of the University Vice-Chancellors' Federation and was elected an Executive member of the London -based <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Commonwealth_Universities" title="Association of Commonwealth Universities">Association of Commonwealth Universities</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diplomatic_career">Diplomatic career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karunasena_Kodituwakku&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Diplomatic career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1988 Kodituwakku left Sri Lanka to serve as the ambassador of Sri Lanka in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> (1988–1989) and <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> (1989–1991). </p><p>In 2015, Kodituwakku was appointed the Sri Lankan ambassador to China.<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> He is also the Non-resident Ambassador to Mongolia and North Korea.<sup id="cite_ref-Mongolia_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mongolia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-North_Korea_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-North_Korea-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karunasena_Kodituwakku&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his return to Sri Lanka, he became the 3rd Governor of the <a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka">Northwestern Province</a> in 1993. </p><p>Kodituwakku resigned from this position in 1994 to run for <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Parliament of Sri Lanka</a> from the <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> (UNP) and was elected as a Member of Parliament representing <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a> District in the 1994 Parliamentary Elections and re-elected in the subsequent 2000 Parliamentary Elections. </p><p>The 2001 Parliamentary Elections victory of the UNP saw him appointed to the Cabinet as the Cabinet Minister of Education, Human Resources Development, and Cultural Affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-ref1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kodituwakku was nominated as Sri Lanka's candidate to the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> Executive Board in 2003. He was elected as the Asia-Pacific Representative to the UNESCO Executive Board for 2003-2007, recording the highest number and a record number of votes in the election held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karunasena_Kodituwakku&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats" title="List of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats">List of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karunasena_Kodituwakku&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.adaderana.lk/news/33124/new-ambassadors-and-high-commissioners-appointed">New Ambassadors and High Commissioners appointed</a>. Ada Derana, Retrieved on 19 November 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mongolia-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mongolia_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mongolia_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.news.lk/news/world/item/15048-ambassador-dr-karunasena-kodituwakku-presents-credentials-in-mongolia">Ambassador Dr. Karunasena Kodituwakku Presents Credentials in Mongolia</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-North_Korea-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-North_Korea_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-North_Korea_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ft.lk/news/karunasena-kodituwakku-presents-credentials/56-569530">Karunasena Kodituwakku presents credentials | FT Online</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ref1-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ref1_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ref1_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=6742">UNF cabinet reshuffled after five postponements</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.adaderana.lk/news/33124/new-ambassadors-and-high-commissioners-appointed">New Ambassadors and High Commissioners appointed</a>. Ada Derana, Retrieved on 19 November 2015</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.srilankaembassy.fr/index.php/en/pages/permanent_delegation_to_unesco">Representation on the Executive Board, UNESCO</a>. Sri Lanka in United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Montague_Jayawickrama" title="Montague Jayawickrama">Montague Jayawickrama</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_North_Western_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of North Western Province">Governor of the North Western Province</a> </b><br />1993–1994 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Anandatissa_de_Alwis" title="Anandatissa de Alwis">Anandatissa de Alwis</a></div> </td></tr> 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Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayantha" title="Susil Premajayantha">Premajayantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harini_Amarasuriya" title="Harini Amarasuriya">Amarasuriya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Governors_of_the_North_Western_Province" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Governors_of_North_Western_Province" title="Template:Governors of North Western Province"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Governors_of_North_Western_Province" title="Template talk:Governors of North Western Province"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Governors_of_North_Western_Province" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Governors of North Western Province"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Governors_of_the_North_Western_Province" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Provincial_Governors_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Provincial Governors of Sri Lanka">Governors</a> of the <a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western Province</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_North_Western_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of North Western Province">Governors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dingiri_Banda_Wijetunga" title="Dingiri Banda Wijetunga">Wijetunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montague_Jayawickrama" title="Montague Jayawickrama">Jayawickrama</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kodituwakku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anandatissa_de_Alwis" title="Anandatissa de Alwis">de Alwis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hector_Arawwawala" title="Hector Arawwawala">Arawwawala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siripala_Jayaweera" title="Siripala Jayaweera">Jayaweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharmadasa_Wanniarachchi" title="Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi">Wanniarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tissa_Balalla" class="mw-redirect" title="Tissa Balalla">Balalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amara_Piyaseeli_Ratnayake" title="Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake">Ratnayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._C._Logeswaran" title="K. C. Logeswaran">Logeswaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peshala_Jayarathne" title="Peshala Jayarathne">Jayarathne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._J._M._Muzammil" title="A. J. M. Muzammil">Muzammil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Collure" title="Raja Collure">Collure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wasantha_Karannagoda" title="Wasantha Karannagoda">Karannagoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena">Abeywardena</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_North_Western_Province_(Sri_Lanka).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_the_North_Western_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.svg/110px-Flag_of_the_North_Western_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_the_North_Western_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.svg/165px-Flag_of_the_North_Western_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_the_North_Western_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_the_North_Western_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><i>Acting</i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Members_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Parliament_from_Colombo" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Members_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Parliament_from_Colombo" title="Template:Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Colombo"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Members_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Parliament_from_Colombo" title="Template talk:Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Colombo"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Members_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Parliament_from_Colombo" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Colombo"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Members_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Parliament_from_Colombo" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Members of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan Parliament</a> from <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Electoral_District" title="Colombo Electoral District">Colombo Electoral District</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Multi–member (1989 – Present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>(1989 – 1994):</b> <a href="/wiki/Lalith_Athulathmudali" title="Lalith Athulathmudali">Lalith Athulathmudali</a> <i>(Until 1993)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirisena_Cooray" title="Sirisena Cooray">Sirisena Cooray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Tillekeratne" title="Stanley Tillekeratne">Stanley Tillekeratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinadasa_Niyathapala" title="Jinadasa Niyathapala">Jinadasa Niyathapala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._V._Gunaratne" title="C. V. Gunaratne">C. V. Gunaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickson_Sarathchandra_Dela" title="Dickson Sarathchandra Dela">Dickson Sarathchandra Dela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyronne_Fernando" title="Tyronne Fernando">Tyronne Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premaratne_Gunasekera&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Premaratne Gunasekera (page does not exist)">Premaratne Gunasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Perera" title="Vincent Perera">Vincent Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weerasinghe_Mallimarachchi" title="Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi">Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsley_Wickramaratne" title="Kingsley Wickramaratne">Kingsley Wickramaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva" title="Nimal Siripala de Silva">Nimal Siripala de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunethra_Ranasinghe" title="Sunethra Ranasinghe">Sunethra Ranasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Sellasamy" title="M. S. Sellasamy">M. S. Sellasamy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohamed_Jabir_Abdul_Cader&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mohamed Jabir Abdul Cader (page does not exist)">Mohamed Jabir Abdul Cader</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nimal_Ransiri_Peiris&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nimal Ransiri Peiris (page does not exist)">Nimal Ransiri Peiris</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(1994 – 2000):</b> <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srimani_Athulathmudali" title="Srimani Athulathmudali">Srimani Athulathmudali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._V._Gunaratne" title="C. V. Gunaratne">C. V. Gunaratne</a> <i>(Until 2000)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva" title="Nimal Siripala de Silva">Nimal Siripala de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossie_Abeygunasekera" title="Ossie Abeygunasekera">Ossie Abeygunasekera</a> <i>(Until 1994)</i> <ul><li>Replaced by <a href="/wiki/P._P._Devaraj" title="P. P. Devaraj">P. P. Devaraj</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsley_Wickramaratne" title="Kingsley Wickramaratne">Kingsley Wickramaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. Fowzie</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nawalage_Bennet_Cooray&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nawalage Bennet Cooray (page does not exist)">Nawalage Bennet Cooray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatha_Lakshman_Premachandra" title="Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra">Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susil_Moonesinghe" title="Susil Moonesinghe">Susil Moonesinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indika_Gunawardena" title="Indika Gunawardena">Indika Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amal_Senalankadikara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amal Senalankadikara (page does not exist)">Amal Senalankadikara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Soysa" title="Bernard Soysa">Bernard Soysa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Karunasena Kodituwakku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weerasinghe_Mallimarachchi" title="Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi">Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi</a> <i>(Until 1994)</i> <ul><li>Replaced by <a href="/wiki/R._Yogarajan" title="R. Yogarajan">R. Yogarajan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyronne_Fernando" title="Tyronne Fernando">Tyronne Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gunasekara_Premaratne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gunasekara Premaratne (page does not exist)">Gunasekara Premaratne</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(2000 – 2001):</b> <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Ravi Karunanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._L._Peiris" title="G. L. Peiris">G. L. Peiris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. Fowzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indika_Gunawardena" title="Indika Gunawardena">Indika Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Mahroof" title="Mohamed Mahroof">Mohamed Mahroof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatha_Lakshman_Premachandra" title="Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra">Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chandana_Kathriarachchci&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chandana Kathriarachchci (page does not exist)">Chandana Kathriarachchci</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Karunasena Kodituwakku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lilantha_Perera&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lilantha Perera (page does not exist)">Lilantha Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyronne_Fernando" title="Tyronne Fernando">Tyronne Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayantha_Ketagoda" title="Jayantha Ketagoda">Jayantha Ketagoda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samson_Silva&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samson Silva (page does not exist)">Samson Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nimal_Fernando&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nimal Fernando (page does not exist)">Nimal Fernando</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(2001 – 2004):</b> <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milinda_Moragoda" title="Milinda Moragoda">Milinda Moragoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Ravi Karunanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. Fowzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Ranatunga" title="Arjuna Ranatunga">Arjuna Ranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayantha" title="Susil Premajayantha">Susil Premajayantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Mahroof" title="Mohamed Mahroof">Mohamed Mahroof</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Karunasena Kodituwakku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatha_Lakshman_Premachandra" title="Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra">Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chandana_Kathriarachchci&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chandana Kathriarachchci (page does not exist)">Chandana Kathriarachchci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mano_Ganesan" title="Mano Ganesan">Mano Ganesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayantha_Ketagoda" title="Jayantha Ketagoda">Jayantha Ketagoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyronne_Fernando" title="Tyronne Fernando">Tyronne Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lilantha_Perera&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lilantha Perera (page does not exist)">Lilantha Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Handunnetti" title="Sunil Handunnetti">Sunil Handunnetti</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(2004 – 2010):</b> <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Handunnetti" title="Sunil Handunnetti">Sunil Handunnetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Nipuna_Arachchi" title="Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi">Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayantha" title="Susil Premajayantha">Susil Premajayantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milinda_Moragoda" title="Milinda Moragoda">Milinda Moragoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Ranatunga" title="Arjuna Ranatunga">Arjuna Ranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Ravi Karunanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Maheswaran" title="T. Maheswaran">T. Maheswaran</a> <i>(Until 2008)</i> <ul><li>Replaced by <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Rajabdeen" title="Mohamed Rajabdeen">Mohamed Rajabdeen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Mahroof" title="Mohamed Mahroof">Mohamed Mahroof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mano_Ganesan" title="Mano Ganesan">Mano Ganesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. 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