Minister of Foreign Affairs ( Sri Lanka ) - wikipedia Minister of Foreign Affairs ( Sri Lanka ) This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2017 ) Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Incumbent Tilak Marapana Ministry of Foreign Affairs Appointer The President with advice of Prime Minister Inaugural holder Don Stephen Senanayake Formation 24 September 1947 Website www.mea.gov.lk The Minister of Foreign Affairs is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka who is responsible for overseeing the international diplomacy of the Government of Sri Lanka. The post was first created in 1947 as Minister of External Affairs and Defence, in 1978 the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence separated into two ministries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence. Prior to the separation of the post the Minister of External Affairs and Defence was held by the Prime Minister since 1947, with a Parliamentary Secretary for Defence and External Affairs who was an elected parliamentarian and was the de facto foreign minister. Contents 1 List of Foreign Ministers 2 See also 3 References 4 External links List of Foreign Ministers Parties United National Party ( 12 ) Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( 9 ) Name Portrait Party Tenure Head ( s ) of Government Ministerial title Don Stephen Senanayake United National Party 24 September 1947 - 22 March 1952 Don Stephen Senanayake Minister of External Affairs and Defence Dudley Senanayake United National Party 22 March 1952 - 12 October 1953 Dudley Senanayake John Kotelawala United National Party 12 October 1953 - 12 April 1956 John Kotelawala S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 1956 - 26 September 1959 S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike Wijeyananda Dahanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 26 September 1959 - 20 March 1960 Wijeyananda Dahanayake Dudley Senanayake United National Party 21 March 1960 - 21 July 1960 Dudley Senanayake Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 21 July 1960 - 25 March 1965 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Dudley Senanayake United National Party 25 March 1965 - 29 May 1970 Dudley Senanayake Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 29 May 1970 - 23 July 1977 Sirimavo Bandaranaike J.R. Jayewardene United National Party 23 July 1977 - 4 February 1978 J.R. Jayewardene Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed United National Party 4 February 1978 - 1989 Minister of Foreign Affairs Ranjan Wijeratne United National Party 1989 - 1991 Ranasinghe Premadasa Harold Herath United National Party 1991 - 1993 Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed United National Party 1993 - 1994 Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Lakshman Kadirgamar Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1994 - 2001 Chandrika Kumaratunga Tyronne Fernando United National Party 2001 - 2004 Lakshman Kadirgamar Sri Lanka Freedom Party 2004 - 2005 Anura Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party August 2005 - 23 November 2005 Mangala Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 November 2005 -- 28 January 2007 Mahinda Rajapaksa Rohitha Bogollagama Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 2007 - 8 April 2010 G.L. Peiris Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 -- 12 January 2015 Mangala Samaraweera United National Party 12 January 2015 -- 22 May 2017 Maithripala Sirisena Ravi Karunanayake United National Party 22 May 2017 - 10 August 2017 Wasantha Senanayake ( acting ) United National Party 10 August 2017 - 15 August 2017 Tilak Marapana United National Party 15 August 2017 - Present See also Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of External Affairs and Defence References Wikimedia Commons has media related to Foreign Ministers of Sri Lanka. 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Question: who is the foreign minister of sri lanka
Answer: Tilak Marapana