President of Sri Lanka

The president of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the chief executive. The president is a dominant political figure in Sri Lanka. The office was created in 1972, as more of a ceremonial position. It was empowered with executive powers by the 1978 Constitution introduced by J. R. Jayewardene. 

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No.PortraitNameTerm of officeElectoral mandatesTime in officeOther ministerial officesheld while presidentPolitical partyGovernment  1 80px 60pxWilliam Gopallawaවිලියම් ගොපල්ලවவில்லியம் கோபள்ளவா 1972 1978      —  2 80px 60pxJunius Richard Jayewardeneජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධනஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா 1978 1989     1982  3 80px 60pxRanasinghe Premadasaරණසිංහ ප්‍රේමදාසரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா 1989 1993†     1988  4  60pxDingiri Banda Wijetungaඩිංගිරි බණ්ඩා විජේතුංගடிங்கிரி பண்ட விஜேதுங்க 1993 1993     1993 1994 1993Indirect election by parliarment.    5 80px 60pxChandrika Kumaratungaචන්ද්‍රිකා කුමාරතුංගசந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்கே குமாரதுங்கா 1994 2005     1994, 1999    6 80px 60pxMahinda Rajapaksaමහින්ද රාජපක්ෂமஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ 2005 2015     2005, 2010  7 80px 60pxMaithripala Sirisenaමෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේනமைத்திரிபால சிறிசேன 2015 2019     2015   8 80px 60pxGotabaya Rajapaksaගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂகோட்டாபய ராஜபக்ஷ 2019 2022     2019      9 80px Ranil Wickremesingheරනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க 2022 2022    2022 2024 2022 10 Anura Kumara Dissanayakeඅනුර කුමාර දිසානායකஅநுர குமார 2024 Incumbent2024 

Related pages
 List of prime ministers of Sri Lanka

References

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