|
|
Heads
of State
| Monarch |
| King
George VI |
04 February
1948 - 06 February 1952 |
| Governor-General: |
|
| Sir
Henry Monck-Mason Moore |
1944 -
1949 |
| The
Rt. Hon. The Viscount Soulbury |
1949 -
1952 |
| |
|
| Queen Elizabeth
II |
1952 -
1972 |
| Governor-General: |
|
| The
Rt. Hon. The Viscount Soulbury |
1952 -
1954 |
| Sir
Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke |
1954 -
1962 |
| Hon.
William Gopallawa |
1962 -
1972 |
|
| President |
| His
Excellency William Gopallawa |
1972
- 1978 |
|
| Executive
President |
| His
Excellency J. R. Jayewardene |
04
February 1978 - 02 January 1989 |
| (The
Executive Presidency was created by the Second Amendment
to the Constitution of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1972 which
came into operation on 04.02.'78 - Gaz. 302/14 of
03.02.'78) |
| |
| His
Excellency Ranasinghe Premadasa |
02 January
1989* - 01 May 1993 |
| *Gaz.
537/3 of 21.12.88 |
| |
| His
Excellency D. B. Wijetunga |
07 May
1993 - 12 November 1994 |
| (Hon.
D. B. Wijetunga in his capacity as Prime Minister
was sworn in as Acting President on the untimely
death of President Premadasa on 01.05.'93 and he
functioned in this capacity till 07.05.1993 when
he was elected by Parliament to the office of President
under Article 40 of the Constitution. (Gaz.765/17
of 08.05.'93) |
| |
| Her
Excellency Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga |
12 November
1994 - 19 November 2005 |
| |
| His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa |
19 November 2005* - to date |
| *Gaz 1419/12 of 19.11.2005 |
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