List of ambassadors of Sri Lanka to Russia

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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
Formation1991
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]

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Ambassadors

Ambassador to the Soviet Union

AmbassadorsStart of TermEnd of TermHead of State/Government
Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera 19571961
Tikiri Banda Subasinghe 19611965 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
B. F. Perera 19651968
M. V. P. Peiris 19681969
J. C. T. Kotelawala 19691970
C. D. S. Siriwardene 19701974
C. E. S. Weeratunge 19741976
Walter Jayawardene 19771978
R. C. A. Johnpulle 19781982
Neville Kanakaratne 19821987
Rodney Vandergert 19871991

Ambassador to Russia

AmbassadorsStart of TermEnd of TermHead of State
Nissanka Wijeyeratne 19911994
N. M. M. I. Hussain 19951998
N. Sikkander 19982002
U. B. Wijekoon 20032004
Neville Ranasuriya 20052006
Udayanga Weeratunga 200628 February 2015 Mahinda Rajapaksa
Saman Weerasinghe 7 September 201528 February 2019 Maithripala Sirisena
Dayan Jayatilleka 3 September 201814 January 2020 Maithripala Sirisena

See also

References

  1. "Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Moscow, Russia". Ministry of External Affairs. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2012.