The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is the functional head of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. The President of Sri Lanka is the head of state and dominant political figure in Sri Lanka. ... Percy Mahendra Mahinda Rajapaksa () (born November 18, 1945) is the current President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. ... Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (born on May 5, 1933) is the 14th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and a veteran politician. ... The Cabinet of Sri Lanka is the council of cabinet ministers , responsible to parliament. ... The Parliament of Sri Lanka is a Unicameral 225-member legislature elected by universal suffrage and proportional representation for a six-year term. ... In Sri Lanka the Speaker of the Parliament is the individual who chairs the countrys legislative body, the Parliament of Sri Lanka. ... The Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lanka is the politician who leads main opposition. ... This article lists political parties in Sri Lanka. ... During the Donoughmore period of political experimentation (1931-48), several Sri Lanka leftist parties were formed. ... Politics of Sri Lanka Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Sri Lanka ... Sri Lanka is divided into eight provinces for the purposes of local governance. ... Below the provinces Sri Lanka is divided into 25 administrative districts. ... Combatants Military of Sri Lanka Indian Peace Keeping Force Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Commanders Junius Richard Jayawardene (1983-89) Ranasinghe Premadasa (1989-93) Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (1993-94) Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994-2005) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005-present) Velupillai Prabhakaran (1983-present) Strength 111,000[1] 11,000[1] The Sri... Sri Lanka traditionally follows a nonaligned foreign policy but has been seeking closer relations with the United States since December 1977. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... The Cabinet of Sri Lanka is the council of cabinet ministers , responsible to parliament. ...

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list of Sri Lankan Prime Ministers

The following is a list of Sri Lankan Prime Ministers: A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ...

Prime Ministers of Ceylon (1948 - 1972)

The Prime Minister's Office, Colombo.

• Don Stephen Senanayake (October 14, 1947 - March 22, 1952)
• Dudley Shelton Senanayake (March 26, 1952 - October 12, 1953)
• John Lionel Kotalawela (October 12, 1953 - April 12, 1956)
• Solomon Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (April 12, 1956 - September 26, 1959)
• Wijeyananda Dahanayake (September 26, 1959 - March 21, 1960)
• Dudley Shelton Senanayake (March 21, 1960 - July 21, 1960)
• Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (July 21, 1960 - March 27, 1965)
• Dudley Shelton Senanayake (March 27, 1965 - May 29, 1970)
• Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (May 29, 1970 - March 22, 1972)

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Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka (1972 - present)

• Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (March 22, 1972 - July 23, 1977)
• Junius Richard Jayewardene (July 23, 1977 - February 6, 1978 )
• Ranasinghe Premadasa (February 6, 1978 - March 3, 1989)
• Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (March 3, 1989 - May 7, 1993)
• Ranil Wickremesinghe - (May 7, 1993 - August 19, 1994)
• Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (August 19, 1994 - November 14, 1994)
• Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (November 14, 1994 - August 10, 2000)
• Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (August 10, 2000 - December 9, 2001)
• Ranil Wickremesinghe (December 9, 2001 - April 6, 2004)
• Mahinda Rajapaksa (April 6, 2004 - November 21, 2005)
• Ratnasiri Wickremanayake - (November 21, 2005 - Present)

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See also

• President of Sri Lanka

The President of Sri Lanka is the head of state and dominant political figure in Sri Lanka. ...

References

• Parliament of Sri Lanka - Handbook of Parliament, Prime Ministers