Minister of External Affairs (Sri Lanka)
List of Foreign Ministers
Columns: 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 | 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 | 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