List of heads of missions of Sri Lanka

Last updated November 04, 2024

This article contains several lists of ambassadors and high commissioners of Sri Lanka.

Heads of mission

Country, type and heads of mission^[1]
Mission	Location	Type	Head of Mission^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Position	List
Australia ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Canberra	High Commission	Chitranganee Wagiswara	High Commissioner	List
Austria ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Vienna	Embassy	M. R. K. Lenagala	Ambassador
Bahrain	Manama	Embassy	Reethisri Wijeratne Mendis	Ambassador
Bangladesh	Dhaka	High Commission	Dharmapala Weerakkody	High Commissioner
Belgium ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Brussels	Embassy	Chandana Weerasena	Ambassador
Brazil ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Brasilia	Embassy	Sumith Dassanayake	Ambassador
Canada	Ottawa	High Commission	Mohamad Jauhar	High Commissioner	List
China ^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Beijing	Embassy	Majintha Jayesinghe	Ambassador	List
Cuba ^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Havana	Embassy	Nishantha Ulugetenne	Ambassador	List
Egypt ^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Cairo	Embassy	Vacant	Ambassador
Ethiopia ^{[lower-alpha 9]}	Addis Ababa	Embassy	K. K. Theshantha Kumarasiri	Ambassador
France ^{[lower-alpha 10]}	Paris	Embassy	Manisha Gunasekera	Ambassador and Permanent Delegate	List
Germany ^{[lower-alpha 11]}	Berlin	Embassy	Varuni Muthukumarana	Ambassador
India	New Delhi	High Commission	Kshenuka Senewiratne	High Commissioner	List
Indonesia ^{[lower-alpha 12]}	Jakarta	Embassy	Jayanath Colombage	Ambassador
Iran ^{[lower-alpha 13]}	Tehran	Embassy	Vacant	Ambassador
Iraq	Baghdad	Embassy	N. A. Ranasinghe	Ambassador
Israel	Tel Aviv	Embassy	M. H. M. N. Bandara	Ambassador
Italy ^{[lower-alpha 14]}	Rome	Embassy	Satya Rodrigo	Ambassador
Japan	Tokyo	Embassy	E. Rodney M. Perera	Ambassador
Jordan	Amman	Embassy	J. A. D. S. Priyangika Wijegunasekara	Ambassador
Kenya ^{[lower-alpha 15]}	Nairobi	High Commission	Velupillai Kananathan	High Commissioner
South Korea	Seoul	Embassy	Manisha Gunasekara	Ambassador
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Embassy	Kandeepan Balasubramanian	Ambassador
Lebanon ^{[lower-alpha 16]}	Beirut	Embassy	Kapila Jayaweera	Ambassador
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	High Commission	Dabare Liyanage Sumangala Dias	High Commissioner
Maldives	Malé	High Commission	Ranga Goonawardena	High Commissioner
Myanmar	Yangon	Embassy	Prabashini Ponnamperuma	Ambassador
Nepal	Kathmandu	Embassy	Sudarshana Pathirana	Ambassador
Netherlands ^{[lower-alpha 17]}	The Hague	Embassy	Rekha Gunasekera	Ambassador and Permenet Representative
Nigeria	Abuja	High Commission	A. Sabarullah Khan	High Commissioner
Norway	Oslo	Embassy	Arusha Cooray	Ambassador
Oman ^{[lower-alpha 18]}	Muscat	Embassy	A. L. Sabarullah Khan	Ambassador
Pakistan	Islamabad	High Commission	Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne	High Commissioner	List
Philippines	Manila	Embassy	Chanaka Talpahewa	Ambassador
Poland ^{[lower-alpha 19]}	Warsaw	Embassy	Priyangika Dharmasena	Ambassador
Qatar	Doha	Embassy	M. Mafaz Mohideen	Ambassador
Romania	Bucharest	Embassy	M. E. M. Joseph Weninger	Ambassador
Russia ^{[lower-alpha 20]}	Moscow	Embassy	P. M. Amza	Chargé d'affaires	List
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Embassy	O. L. Ameer Ajwad	Ambassador
Seychelles ^{[lower-alpha 21]}	Victoria	High Commission	Srimal Wickremasinghe	High Commissioner
Singapore	Singapore	High Commission	Senarath Dissanayake	High Commissioner
South Africa ^{[lower-alpha 22]}	Pretoria	High Commission	Gamini Gunawardane	High Commissioner
South Korea	Seoul	Embassy	Savitri I. Panabokke	Ambassador
Sweden ^{[lower-alpha 23]}	Stockholm	Embassy	Kapila Fonseka	Ambassador
Thailand ^{[lower-alpha 24]}	Bangkok	Embassy	Wijayanthi Edirisinghe	Ambassador
Turkey ^{[lower-alpha 25]}	Ankara	Embassy	S. Hasanthi Urugodawatte Dissanayake	Ambassador
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Embassy	Udaya Indrarathna	Ambassador
United Kingdom	London	High Commission	Rohitha Bogollagama	High Commissioner	List
United States	Washington D.C.	Embassy	Mahinda Samarasinghe	Ambassador	List
Vietnam	Hanoi	Embassy	Poshitha Perera	Ambassador

Heads of mission to non-sovereign territories

Territory, type and head of mission^[1]
Mission	Location	Type	Head of Mission	Position
Palestine	Ramallah	Representative Office	M.A. Fawzan Anver	Representative

Heads of mission to international organisations

Mission, type and heads of mission^[1]
Mission	Location	Type	Head of Mission	Position	List
United Nations ^{[lower-alpha 26]}	New York City	Permanent Mission	Mohan Pieris	Ambassador and Permanent Representative	List
United Nations ^{[lower-alpha 27]}	Geneva	Permanent Mission and Consulate General	Himalee Subhashini Arunatilaka	Ambassador, Permanent Representative and Consul General

Other senior diplomatic representatives

Country, type, and diplomat^[1]
Host country	Location	Type	Diplomat^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Position
Australia	Melbourne	Consulate General	Sandith Samarasinghe	Consul-General
Australia	Sydney	Consulate General	M.H.M.N Bandara	Consul-General
Canada	Toronto	Consulate General	Thushara Rodrigo	Consul-General
China	Guangzhou	Consulate General	Suranga Algewatte	Consul-General
China	Shanghai	Consulate General	Anura Fernando	Consul-General
Germany	Frankfurt	Consulate General	Madurika Joseph Weninger	Consul-General
India	Chennai	Deputy High Commission	D. Venkateshwaran	Deputy High Commissioner
India	Mumbai	Consulate General	Kumaran Valsan Vethody	Consul-General
Italy	Milan	Consulate General	Dilani Weerakoon	Consul-General
Pakistan	Karachi	Consulate General	Jagath Abeywarna	Consul-General
Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	Consulate General	Falah Alhabshi Mowlana	Consul-General
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Consulate General	Alexi Gunasekera	Consul-General
United States	Los Angeles	Consulate General	Lalith P. Chandradasa	Consul-General

Notes

1 2 Sri Lanka Administrative Service, Sri Lanka Commerce Service and, Sri Lanka Overseas Service.
↑ Also accredited to Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
↑ Also accredited to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.
↑ Also accredited to Luxembourg and the European Union.
↑ Also accredited to Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Uruguay.
↑ Also accredited to North Korea and Mongolia.
↑ Also accredited to Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama and Venezuela.
↑ Also accredited to Eritrea and Libya.
↑ Also accredited to Djibouti, Somalia, AU and UNECA.
↑ Also accredited to Andorra, Monaco, Portugal, Spain, UNESCO and UN Tourism.
↑ Also accredited to Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Switzerland.
↑ Also accredited to ASEAN.
↑ Also accredited to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.
↑ Also accredited to Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, San Marino, FAO, ICCROM, IFAD and WFP.
↑ Also accredited to Benin, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, South Sudan, UNEP and UN-Habitat.
↑ Also accredited to Syria.
↑ Also accredited to OPCW
↑ Also accredited to Yemen.
↑ Also accredited to Bulgaria
↑ Also accredited to Armenia, Belarus, Moldova and Uzbekistan.
↑ Also accredited to Madagascar and Mauritius.
↑ Also accredited to Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
↑ Also accredited to Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
↑ Also accredited to Cambodia, Laos and UNESCAP.
↑ Also accredited to Georgia and Ukraine.
↑ Also accredited to Bahamas.
↑ Also accredited to Holy See and WTO.

References

1 2 3 4 "Sri Lanka Missions". Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Sri Lanka. 2024. Archived from the original on 3 November 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.

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[MFA-M-2] 1 2 Sri Lanka Administrative Service, Sri Lanka Commerce Service and, Sri Lanka Overseas Service.

[3] Also accredited to Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.

[4] Also accredited to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.

[5] Also accredited to Luxembourg and the European Union.

[6] Also accredited to Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Uruguay.

[7] Also accredited to North Korea and Mongolia.

[8] Also accredited to Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama and Venezuela.

[9] Also accredited to Eritrea and Libya.

[10] Also accredited to Djibouti, Somalia, AU and UNECA.

[11] Also accredited to Andorra, Monaco, Portugal, Spain, UNESCO and UN Tourism.

[12] Also accredited to Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Switzerland.

[13] Also accredited to ASEAN.

[14] Also accredited to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.

[15] Also accredited to Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, San Marino, FAO, ICCROM, IFAD and WFP.

[16] Also accredited to Benin, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, South Sudan, UNEP and UN-Habitat.

[17] Also accredited to Syria.

[18] Also accredited to OPCW

[19] Also accredited to Yemen.

[20] Also accredited to Bulgaria

[21] Also accredited to Armenia, Belarus, Moldova and Uzbekistan.

[22] Also accredited to Madagascar and Mauritius.

[23] Also accredited to Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

[24] Also accredited to Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

[25] Also accredited to Cambodia, Laos and UNESCAP.

[26] Also accredited to Georgia and Ukraine.

[27] Also accredited to Bahamas.

[28] Also accredited to Holy See and WTO.

[MFA-1] 1 2 3 4 "Sri Lanka Missions". Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Sri Lanka. 2024. Archived from the original on 3 November 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.

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