List of ambassadors of Sri Lanka to the United States

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The Sri Lankan ambassador to the United States is the Sri Lankan envoy to United States. The Sri Lankan ambassador to the United States is concurrently accredited as ambassador to Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago. The Sri Lankan embassy opened on 29 October 1948 and also maintains a consul-general in Los Angeles. [1]

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Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States
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Incumbent
Mahinda B. Samarasinghe
since 1 December 2021
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Reports to Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat Embassy of Sri Lanka,
3025 Whitehaven St NW, Washington, DC, United States
NominatorThe president of Sri Lanka
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holderSir Claude Corea
Formation29 October 1948;76 years ago (29 October 1948)
Website slembassyusa.org

Ambassadors

AmbassadorsStart of termEnd of termHead of government
Sir Claude Corea 29 October 19481 March 1954 D. S. Senanayake
Dudley Senanayake
John Kotelawala
Sir Senerat Gunewardene 2 March 195414 August 1961 John Kotelawala
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Wijeyananda Dahanayake
Dudley Senanayake
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
William Gopallawa 15 August 196112 March 1963 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Merenna Francis de Silva Jayaratne 13 March 196327 September 1965 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Dudley Senanayake
Oliver Weerasinghe 28 September 196510 September 1970 Dudley Senanayake
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Neville Kanakaratne 11 September 197019 April 1978 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
W. S. Karunaratne 20 April 19782 May 1981 J. R. Jayewardene
P. M. D. Fernando 3 May 198111 August 1981
Ernest Corea 12 August 198116 September 1986
Susantha De Alwis 17 September 198622 September 1992
Ananda Guruge 23 September 199230 January 1995 Ranasinghe Premadasa
Jayantha Dhanapala 31 January 19958 October 1997 Chandrika Kumaratunga
Warnasena Rasaputra 9 October 199716 January 2003
Devinda Subasinghe17 January 200311 April 2005
Bernard Goonetilleke12 April 200520 August 2008 Chandrika Kumaratunga
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Jaliya Wickramasuriya 21 August 200813 July 2014 Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prasad Kariyawasam 14 July 20148 July 2019 Mahinda Rajapaksa
Maithripala Sirisena
Rodney Perera8 July 20194 December 2020 Maithripala Sirisena
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Ravinatha P. Aryasinha4 December 202014 September 2021 Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Mahinda Samarasinghe 1 December 2021Incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Ranil Wickremesinghe

Anura Kumara Dissanayake

See also

References

  1. "Diplomatic Representation for Sri Lanka". U.S. State Department. 17 March 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2013.