Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka
විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය
File:Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg
Emblem of Sri Lanka
since 25 September 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
StyleHonourable
NominatorPresident
AppointerThe President with advice of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holderDon Stephen Senanayake
Formation24 September 1947
Websitewww.mea.gov.lk

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka who is responsible for overseeing the international diplomacy of the Government of Sri Lanka. The post was first created in 1947 as Minister of External Affairs and Defence, in 1977 the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence separated into two ministries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence.[1] Prior to the separation of the post the Minister of External Affairs and Defence was held by the Prime Minister since 1947, with a Parliamentary Secretary for Defence and External Affairs who was an elected parliamentarian and was the de facto foreign minister.

List of ministers

Parties
  •   United National Party (13)
  •   Sri Lanka Freedom Party (9)
  •   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (2)
  •   Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1)
  •   National People's Power (1)
  • † Died or assassinated in office
No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Head of Government
From To Period
Minister of Defence and External Affairs
1 File:Official Photographic Portrait of Don Stephen Senanayaka (1884-1952).jpg Don Stephen Senanayake
දොන් ස්ටීවන් සේනානායක
(1884–1952)
MP for Mirigama District
(Prime Minister) 		24 September
1947 		22 March
1952[†] 		4 years, 180 days United National Party Don Stephen Self
2 File:Dudley Shelton Senanayaka (1911-1973).jpg Dudley Senanayake
ඩඩ්ලි ශෙල්ටන් සේනානායක
(1911–1973)
MP for Dedigama District
(Prime Minister) 		22 March
1952 		12 October
1953 		1 year, 204 days Dudley I Self
3 File:John Kotelawala (1951).jpg General
Sir John Kotelawala
ශ්‍රිමත් ජෝන් ලයනල් කොතලාවල
(1897–1980)
MP for Dodangaslanda District
(Prime Minister) 		12 October
1953 		12 April
1956 		2 years, 183 days Kotelawala Self
4 File:Official Photographic Portrait of S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka (1899-1959).jpg S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
සොලොමන් වෙස්ට් රිජ්වේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක
(1899–1959)
MP for Attanagalla District
(Prime Minister) 		12 April
1956 		26 September
1959[†] 		3 years, 167 days Sri Lanka Freedom Party Solomon Self
5 File:Wijeyananda Dahanayake portrait.jpg Wijeyananda Dahanayake
විජයානන්ද දහනායක
(1902–1997)
MP for Galle District
(Prime Minister) 		26 September
1959 		20 March
1960 		176 days Dahanayake Self
(2) File:Dudley Shelton Senanayaka (1911-1973).jpg Dudley Senanayake
ඩඩ්ලි ශෙල්ටන් සේනානායක
(1911–1973)
MP for Dedigama District
(Prime Minister) 		21 March
1960 		21 July
1960 		122 days United National Party Dudley II Self
6 File:Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon 1960 (cropped).PNG Sirimavo Bandaranaike
සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක
(1916–2000)
MP for Attanagalla District
(Prime Minister) 		21 July
1960 		25 March
1965 		4 years, 247 days Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sirimavo I Self
(2) File:Dudley Shelton Senanayaka (1911-1973).jpg Dudley Senanayake
ඩඩ්ලි ශෙල්ටන් සේනානායක
(1911–1973)
MP for Dedigama District
(Prime Minister) 		25 March
1965 		29 May
1970 		5 years, 65 days United National Party Dudley III Self
(6) File:Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon 1960 (cropped).PNG Sirimavo Bandaranaike
සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක
(1916–2000)
MP for Attanagalla District
(Prime Minister) 		29 May
1970 		23 July
1977 		7 years, 55 days Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sirimavo II Self
Minister of Foreign Affairs
7 Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed
අබ්දුල් කාදර් ෂාහුල් හමීඩ්
(1927–1999)
MP for Harispattuwa District 		23 July
1977 		2 January
1989 		11 years, 206 days United National Party Jayewardene J. R. Jayewardene
2 January
1989 		14 February
1989 		Premadasa Ranasinghe Premadasa
8 General
Ranjan Wijeratne
රන්ජන් විජේරත්න
(1931–1991)
National List 		18 February
1989 		28 March
1990 		1 year, 38 days
9 Harold Herath
හැරල්ඩ් හේරත්
(1930–2007)
MP for Puttalam District 		30 March
1990 		1 May
1993 		3 years, 135 days
1 May
1993 		12 August
1993 		Wijetunga Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
(7) Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed
අබ්දුල් කාදර් ෂාහුල් හමීඩ්
(1927–1999)
MP for Kandy District 		12 August
1993 		15 August
1994 		1 year, 3 days
10 File:The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka, Mr. Lakshman Kadirgamar meeting with Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Kamal Nath in New Delhi on December 7, 2004 (cropped).jpg Sri Lankabhimanya
Lakshman Kadirgamar
ලක්ෂ්මන් කදිර්ගාමර්
(1932–2005)
National List 		19 August
1994 		12 November
1994 		7 years, 52 days Sri Lanka Freedom Party
12 November
1994 		10 October
2001 		Kumaratunga Chandrika Kumaratunga
11 File:Tyronne Fernando.jpg Tyronne Fernando
ටිරොන් ෆර්නැන්ඩො
(1941–2008)
MP for Colombo District 		12 December
2001 		7 February
2004 		2 years, 57 days United National Party
(10) File:The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka, Mr. Lakshman Kadirgamar meeting with Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Kamal Nath in New Delhi on December 7, 2004 (cropped).jpg Sri Lankabhimanya
Lakshman Kadirgamar
ලක්ෂ්මන් කදිර්ගාමර්
(1932–2005)
National List 		10 April
2004 		12 August
2005[†] 		1 year, 124 days Sri Lanka Freedom Party
12 File:Anura Bandaranaike portrait.jpg Anura Bandaranaike
අනුර බණ්ඩාරනායක
(1949–2008)
MP for Gampaha District 		23 August
2005 		22 November
2005 		91 days
13 File:Mangala Samaraweera.jpg Mangala Samaraweera
මංගල සමරවීර
(1956–2021)
MP for Matara District 		23 November
2005 		27 January
2007 		1 year, 65 days Mahinda Mahinda Rajapaksa
14 File:Rohitha Bogollagama 070603-D-7203T-011 0W9G0.jpg Rohitha Bogollagama
රෝහිත බෝගොල්ලාගම
(born 1954)
MP for Kurunegala District 		28 January
2007 		9 April
2010 		3 years, 71 days
15 File:G. L. Peiris portrait.jpg G. L. Peiris
ගාමිණී ලක්ශ්මන් පීරිස්
(born 1946)
National List 		23 April
2010 		12 January
2015 		4 years, 264 days
(13) File:Mangala Samaraweera.jpg Mangala Samaraweera
මංගල සමරවීර
(1956–2021)
MP for Matara District 		12 January
2015 		22 May
2017 		2 years, 130 days United National Party Sirisena I Maithripala Sirisena
Sirisena II
16 File:RaviKarunanayake.jpg Ravi Karunanayake
රවී කරුණානායක
(born 1963)
MP for Colombo District 		22 May
2017 		10 August
2017 		80 days
– File:Wasantha Senanayake.jpg Vasantha Senanayake
වසන්ත සේනානායක
(born 1973)
MP for Polonnaruwa District
(Acting) 		10 August
2017 		15 August
2017 		5 days
17 File:Secretary Pompeo Meets With Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Marapana (47862759611) (cropped).jpg Tilak Marapana
තිලක් මාරපන
(born 1942)
National List 		15 August
2017 		26 October
2018 		1 year, 72 days
18 File:Dr.Sarath Amunugama.jpg Sarath Amunugama
සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම
(born 1939)
National List 		29 October
2018 		15 December
2018 		47 days Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sirisena III
(17) File:Secretary Pompeo Meets With Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Marapana (47862759611) (cropped).jpg Tilak Marapana
තිලක් මාරපන
(born 1942)
National List 		20 December
2018 		21 November
2019 		336 days United National Party Sirisena IV
Minister of Foreign Relations
19 File:Dinesh Gunawardena (cropped).jpg Dinesh Gunawardena
දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන
(born 1949)
MP for Colombo District 		22 November
2019 		16 August
2021 		1 year, 267 days Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Gotabaya I Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Gotabaya II
(15) File:G. L. Peiris portrait.jpg G. L. Peiris
ගාමිණී ලක්ශ්මන් පීරිස්
(born 1946)
National List 		16 August
2021 		21 July
2022 		339 days Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Gotabaya III
Gotabaya IV
Minister of Foreign Affairs
20 File:Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, Ali Sabry, in 2022.jpg Ali Sabry
අලි සබ්රි
(born 1970)
National List 		22 July
2022 		23 September 2024 2 years, 63 days Sri Lanka Podujana Peramun Wickremesinghe Ranil Wickremesinghe
21 Vijitha Herath
විජිත හේරත්
(born 1970)
MP for Gampaha District 		25 September
2024 		Present 113 days National People's Power Dissanayake I Anura Kumara Dissanayake [2]
Dissanayake II [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Overview". Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Sri Lanka. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  2. ↑ "Herath pledges swift measures to restore public confidence on Police - Breaking News | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  3. ↑ "Jaishankar congratulates Vijitha Herath on re-appointment as foreign minister". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 2024-11-20.

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