List of Presidents of Sri Lanka

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The complete list of Presidents of Sri Lanka includes the persons sworn into the office as President of Sri Lanka following the proclamation of the republic of Sri Lanka in 1972.

Contents 1 Presidents 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

Presidents

Parties

      Non-party       United National Party       People's Alliance       United People's Freedom Alliance

#	Name	Portrait	Entered office	Left Office	Political party		Notable events and achievements
1	William Gopallawa		22 May 1972	4 February 1978	Non-party
2	Junius Richard Jayewardene		4 February 1978	2 January 1989	United National Party		Jayewardene introduced the Executive Presidency in 1978, and assumed the position of President of Sri Lanka.1
3	Ranasinghe Premadasa		2 January 1989	1 May 1993	United National Party
4	Dingiri Banda Wijetunge		2 May 1993	12 November 1994	United National Party
5	Chandrika Kumaratunga		12 November 1994	19 November 2005	People's Alliance
6	Mahinda Rajapaksa		19 November 2005	Incumbent	United People's Freedom Alliance		Mahinda Rajapaksha ended 25 year long civil war and LTTE terrorism in the country. 2

See also

• President of sri lanka
• Politics of Sri Lanka
• Presidential Secretariat

References

General

Specific

External links

• Indian Express on the Executive Presidency

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