minister of external affairs (sri lanka) 

Statements about this table:
don stephen senanayake be the head of the united national party from 24 september 1947 - 22 march 1952
abdul cader shahul hameed be the head of government
the party of don stephen senanayake be sri lanka freedom party
name
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
minister of external affairs and defence
john kotelawala
united national party
12 october 1953 - 12 april 1956
john kotelawala
minister of external affairs and defence
s w r d bandaranaike
sri lanka freedom party
12 april 1956 - 26 september 1959
s w r d bandaranaike
minister of external affairs and defence
wijeyananda dahanayake
sri lanka freedom party
26 september 1959 - 20 march 1960
wijeyananda dahanayake
minister of external affairs and defence
dudley senanayake
united national party
21 march 1960 - 21 july 1960
dudley senanayake
minister of external affairs and defence
sirimavo bandaranaike
sri lanka freedom party
21 july 1960 - 25 march 1965
sirimavo bandaranaike
minister of external affairs and defence
name
party
tenure
head (s) of government
ministerial title
dudley senanayake
united national party
25 march 1965 - 29 may 1970
dudley senanayake
minister of external affairs and defence
sirimavo bandaranaike
sri lanka freedom party
29 may 1970 - 23 july 1977
sirimavo bandaranaike
minister of external affairs and defence
junius richard jayewardene
united national party
23 july 1977 - 4 february 1978
junius richard jayewardene
minister of external affairs and defence
abdul cader shahul hameed
united national party
4 february 1978 - 1989
junius richard jayewardene
minister of foreign affairs
ranjan wijeratne
united national party
1989 - 1991
ranasinghe premadasa
minister of foreign affairs
harold herath
united national party
1991 - 1993
ranasinghe premadasa
minister of foreign affairs
abdul cader shahul hameed
united national party
1993 - 1994
dingiri banda wijetunga
minister of foreign affairs
name
party
tenure
head (s) of government
ministerial title
lakshman kadirgamar
sri lanka freedom party
1994 - 2001
chandrika kumaratunga
minister of foreign affairs
tyronne fernando
united national party
2001 - 2004
chandrika kumaratunga
minister of foreign affairs
lakshman kadirgamar
sri lanka freedom party
2004 - 2005
chandrika kumaratunga
minister of foreign affairs
anura bandaranaike
sri lanka freedom party
2004 - 2005
chandrika kumaratunga
minister of foreign affairs
mangala samaraweera
sri lanka freedom party
2005 - 2007
mahinda rajapaksa
minister of foreign affairs
rohitha bogollagama
sri lanka freedom party
2007 - april 2010
mahinda rajapaksa
minister of foreign affairs
prof gamini peiris
sri lanka freedom party
23 april 2010 - present
mahinda rajapaksa
minister of foreign affairs