The president of Sri Lanka is the head of state and head of government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The president is the chief executive of the union government and the commander-in-chief of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. The powers,functions and duties of prior presidential offices,in addition to their relation with the prime minister and Government of Sri Lanka,have over time differed with the various constitutional documents since the creation of the office. The president appoints the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankabhimanya Dingiri Banda Wijetunga was the fourth President of Sri Lanka from 7 May 1993 to 12 November 1994,Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 3 March 1989 to 7 May 1993 and the Governor of North Western province,Sri Lanka from 1988 to 1989. He was awarded Sri Lanka's highest award to a civilian Sri Lankabhimanya in 1993 by President Ranasinghe Premadasa.
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2010,and also served as the Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2002. He was a Member of Parliament representing the Horana electorate and later the Kalutara District.
Mangala Pinsiri Samaraweera was a Sri Lankan politician.
Dinesh Chandra Rupasinghe Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician serving as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 22 July 2022. He also holds the positions of Minister of Public Administration,Home Affairs,Provincial Councils and Local Government. Gunawardena has been leader of the left-wing Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) party since 1983,was briefly the de facto leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna from 2022 to 2023,and has taken cabinet positions under several previous governments,including Leader of the House from 2020 until 2022.
The Prime Minister's Office is a ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka. It provides the administrative and institutional framework for the exercise of the duties and responsibilities vested in the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. From 1947 to 1978 it was the most powerful office within the government. However,after the creation of the executive presidency in 1978 the post of Prime Minister became more or less nominal and functions as a deputy to the President,with a few exceptions.
Sajith Premadasa is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current Leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka and Member of Parliament for Colombo District. He is the current leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya.
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena is a Sri Lankan politician and land proprietor. He is the current Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament.
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the Governor of the North Western Province and as the Governors of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. A former representative of Matara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka,he served as the cabinet minister of parliamentary affairs,Minister of Media,Deputy Minister of Economic Development,Minister of Foreign Employment Welfare,deputy minister of civil aviation and as the cabinet minister of Investment Promotion. He was the state minister for State Enterprise Development in the government of President Maithripala Sirisena. He has been in parliament from 1994 and 2019.
Dullas Daham Kumara Alahapperuma is a Sri Lankan politician and founder and current leader of the Freedom People's Congress. Alahapperuma is also a former Cabinet Minister of Information and Mass Media and a current Member of Parliament from the Matara District.
Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. The current Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation,she is a Member of Parliament from the Ratnapura District.
Deva Manoharan Swaminathan is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer,politician and ex cabinet minister.
The Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the head and most senior member of parliament in the cabinet of ministers. It is the second-most powerful position in Sri Lanka's executive branch behind the president,who is the constitutional chief executive. The Cabinet is collectively held accountable to parliament for their policies and actions. The powers and functions of the Prime Minister has changed several times since the creation of the office in 1947.
Dr.Akalanka Buddhika Uditha Dedduwa Pathirana who was a Deputy Minister of Ministry of Industry and Commerce කර්මාන්තහාවාණිජකටයුතුin Sri Lanka and a Member of the 7th Parliament of Sri Lanka represented the United National Party (UNP),for Matara District. He was elected to the Parliament at the General Election held on 8 April 2010 winning the second highest percentage of votes from the United National Party which is the major opposition in the country.
General Anuruddha Leuke Ratwatte,frequently referred to as Anuruddha Ratwatte,was a Sri Lankan politician and army officer. He was a Cabinet Minister and Deputy Minister of Defence.
Sir Senerat Gunewardene was a Sri Lankan lawyer,statesmen and diplomat. He was the first Minister without Portfolio,member of parliament and member of the State Council for Gampola,before serving in several top diplomatic posts such as Ceylon's Ambassador to Italy,Ceylon's Ambassador to the United States,where he was appointed concurrently as Ceylon's first Permanent Representative to United Nations and Ceylon's High Commissioner to United Kingdom.
Rajapakse Mohottige Don Suranimala Rajapaksha was a Sri Lankan politician. Rajapaksha was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1994 and he was the Minister of School Education in Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in 2001 to 2004. He was a member of the United National Party (UNP) and a member of UNP Working Committee. He was also appointed as the Coordinating secretary to the prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in 2015. At the time of his death he acted as the special envoy (representative) to the Prime Minister. His younger son Kanishka Rajapaksha was also appointed as the Coordinating Assistant to the Prime Minister after the death of Rajapaksha. Kanishka is an Attorney at Law in his profession.
Major Deshamanya Walter Geoffrey Montague "Monti" Jayawickrama was a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the Minister of Transport and Public Works (1952-1956) and the Minister of Public Administration,Home Affairs and Plantation Industries (1977-1987),having been elected from Weligama in Matara to the Sri Lankan Parliament. He was the Second Governor of the North Western Province of Sri Lanka.
Balaupasakage Yasodis Tudawe was a Sri Lankan communist politician. He was a member of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka,serving two terms as a member of parliament and one term as Deputy Minister of Education. He studied at St. Servatius' College,Matara.
