Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia | |
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Incumbent [Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka] | |
Style | His Excellency |
Appointer | Maithripala Sirisena |
Inaugural holder | Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera as Ceylonese Ambassador to the Soviet Union |
Formation | 1991 1957 as Ceylonese Ambassador to the Soviet Union |
Website | Embassy of Sri Lanka, Russia |
The Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia is the Sri Lankan envoy to Russia. The Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia is concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. [1]
Ambassadors | Start of Term | End of Term | Head of State/Government |
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Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera | 1957 | 1961 | |
Tikiri Banda Subasinghe | 1961 | 1965 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
B. F. Perera | 1965 | 1968 | |
M. V. P. Peiris | 1968 | 1969 | |
J. C. T. Kotelawala | 1969 | 1970 | |
C. D. S. Siriwardene | 1970 | 1974 | |
C. E. S. Weeratunge | 1974 | 1976 | |
Walter Jayawardene | 1977 | 1978 | |
R. C. A. Johnpulle | 1978 | 1982 | |
Neville Kanakaratne | 1982 | 1987 | |
Rodney Vandergert | 1987 | 1991 |
Ambassadors | Start of Term | End of Term | Head of State |
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Nissanka Wijeyeratne | 1991 | 1994 | |
N. M. M. I. Hussain | 1995 | 1998 | |
N. Sikkander | 1998 | 2002 | |
U. B. Wijekoon | 2003 | 2004 | |
Neville Ranasuriya | 2005 | 2006 | |
Udayanga Weeratunga | 2006 | 28 February 2015 | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Saman Weerasinghe | 7 September 2015 | 28 February 2019 | Maithripala Sirisena |
Dayan Jayatilleka | 3 September 2018 | 14 January 2020 | Maithripala Sirisena |
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