List of presidents of Sri Lanka


The President of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the head of government. 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. The current president is Gotabaya Rajapaksha, elected on November 16, 2019.

Presidents

;Parties

Living former Presidents

The most recent death of a former president was that of Dingiri Banda Wijetunga on 21 September 2008, aged 92.

Timeline


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