No. Portrait Minister(Birth-Death) Term of office Political party Ministry Head of government Ref From To Period Minister of Defence and External Affairs 1 Don Stephen Senanayake (1884–1952)Mirigama 24 September 22 March [†] 4 years, 180 days United National Party D. S. Senanayake Self 2 Dudley Senanayake (1911–1973)Dedigama 22 March 12 October 1 year, 204 days D. Senanayake I Self 3 General Sir John Kotelawala (1897–1980)Dodangaslanda 12 October 12 April 2 years, 183 days Kotelawala Self 4 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899–1959)Attanagalla 12 April 26 September [†] 3 years, 167 days Sri Lanka Freedom Party S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Self 5 Wijeyananda Dahanayake (1902–1997)Galle 26 September 20 March 176 days Dahanayake Self (2) Dudley Senanayake (1911–1973)Dedigama 21 March 21 July 122 days United National Party D. Senanayake II Self 6 Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916–2000)Attanagalla 21 July 25 March 4 years, 247 days Sri Lanka Freedom Party S. Bandaranaike I Self (2) Dudley Senanayake (1911–1973)Dedigama 25 March 29 May 5 years, 65 days United National Party D. Senanayake III Self (6) Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916–2000)Attanagalla 29 May 23 July 7 years, 55 days Sri Lanka Freedom Party S. Bandaranaike II Self Minister of Foreign Affairs 7 Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed (1927–1999)Harispattuwa 23 July 2 January 11 years, 206 days United National Party Jayewardene J. R. Jayewardene 2 January 14 February Premadasa Ranasinghe Premadasa 8 General Ranjan Wijeratne (1931–1991)National List 18 February 28 March 1 year, 38 days 9 Harold Herath (1930–2007)Puttalam 30 March 1 May 3 years, 135 days 1 May 12 August Wijetunga Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (7) Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed (1927–1999)Kandy 12 August 15 August 1 year, 3 days 10 Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932–2005)National List 19 August 12 November 7 years, 52 days Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 November 10 October Kumaratunga Chandrika Kumaratunga 11 Tyronne Fernando (1941–2008)Colombo 12 December 7 February 2 years, 57 days United National Party (10) Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932–2005)National List 10 April 12 August [†] 1 year, 124 days Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 Anura Bandaranaike (1949–2008)Gampaha 23 August 22 November 91 days 13 Mangala Samaraweera (1956–2021)Matara 23 November 27 January 1 year, 65 days M. Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa 14 Rohitha Bogollagama (born 1954)Kurunegala 28 January 9 April 3 years, 71 days 15 G. L. Peiris (born 1946)National List 23 April 12 January 4 years, 264 days (13) Mangala Samaraweera (1956–2021)Matara 12 January 22 May 2 years, 130 days United National Party Sirisena I Maithripala Sirisena Sirisena II 16 Ravi Karunanayake (born 1963)Colombo 22 May 10 August 80 days – Vasantha Senanayake (born 1973)Polonnaruwa 10 August 15 August 5 days 17 Tilak Marapana (born 1942)National List 15 August 26 October 1 year, 72 days 18 Sarath Amunugama (born 1939)National List 29 October 15 December 47 days Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sirisena III (17) Tilak Marapana (born 1942)National List 20 December 21 November 336 days United National Party Sirisena IV Minister of Foreign Relations 19 Dinesh Gunawardena (born 1949)Colombo 22 November 16 August 1 year, 267 days Mahajana Eksath Peramuna G. Rajapaksa I Gotabaya Rajapaksa G. Rajapaksa II (15) G. L. Peiris (born 1946)National List 16 August 21 July 339 days Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna G. Rajapaksa III G. Rajapaksa IV Minister of Foreign Affairs 20 Ali Sabry (born 1970)National List 22 July 23 September 2024 2 years, 63 days Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Wickremesinghe Ranil Wickremesinghe 21 Vijitha Herath (born 1970)Gampaha 25 September Present 308 days National People's Power Dissanayake I Anura Kumara Dissanayake [ 2] Dissanayake II [ 3] 
