List of Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka:
- Don Stephen Senanayake (4 February 1948 - March 26, 1952 )
- Dudley Shelton Senanayake ( March 26, 1952 - October 12, 1953 )
- John Lionel Kotalawela (October 12, 1953 - April 12, 1956 )
- SWRD Bandaranaike (April 12, 1956 - September 26, 1959 )
- Vijayananda Dahanayake (September 26, 1959 - March 21, 1960 )
- Dudley Shelton Senanayake (March 21, 1960 - July 21, 1960 )
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (July 21, 1960 - March 27, 1965 )
- Dudley Shelton Senanayake ( March 27, 1965 - May 29, 1970)
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (May 29, 1970 - July 23, 1977 )
- Junius Richard Jayawardene (July 23, 1977 - February 6, 1978 )
- Ranasinghe Premadasa (February 6, 1978 - March 3, 1989 )
- Dingiri Banda Wijetunga ( March 3, 1989 - May 7, 1993)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe (May 7, 1993 - August 19, 1994 )
- Chandrika Kumaratunga (August 19, 1994 - November 17, 1994 )
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (November 14, 1994 - August 10, 2000 )
- Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (August 10, 2000 - December 9, 2001 )
- Ranil Wickremesinghe (December 9, 2001 - April 6, 2004 )
- Mahinda Rajapaksa (April 6, 2004 - November 21, 2005 )
- Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (November 21, 2005 - April 21, 2010 )
- D. M. Jayaratne (21 April 2010 - )