List of Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka 2022 | Latest Updated List – The Prime Minister of Ceylon served as head of government from gaining independence from February 4, 1948 to May 22, 1972, when the country was designated as the independent, sovereign and independent republic of Sri Lanka. Since then, the post was known as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. The introduction of new constitutional changes on February 4, 1978, saw the introduction of the position of executive chairman, resulting in the reduction of the powers of the prime minister. The president became head of state and chief executive, and the prime minister became the weak head of government.
List of Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka 2022 | Latest Updated List
Prime Minister Name | Tenure |
Don Stephen Senanayake |  24 September 1947 – 22 March 1952 |
Dudley Senanayake | 26 March 1952 – 12 October 1953 |
Sir John Kotelawala |  12 October 1953 – 12 April 1956 |
S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike |  12 April 1956 – 26 September 1959 |
Wijeyananda Dahanayake |  26 September 1959 – 20 March 1960 |
Dudley Senanayake |  21 March 1960 – 21 July 1960 |
Sirimavo Bandaranayake |  21 July 1960 – 25 March 1965 |
Dudley Senanayake |  25 March 1965 – 29 May 1970 |
Sirimavo Bandaranayake |  29 May 1970 – 23 July 1977 |
Junius Richard Jayewardene |  23 July 1977 – 4 February 1978 |
Ranasinghe Premadasa |  6 February 1978 – 2 January 1989 |
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga |  6 March 1989 – 7 May 1993 |
Ranil Wickremesinghe |  7 May 1993 – 19 August 1994 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |  19 August 1994 – 12 November 1994 |
Sirimavo Bandaranayake |  14 November 1994 – 9 August 2000 |
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |  10 August 2000 – 7 December 2001 |
Ranil Wickremesinghe |  9 December 2001 – 6 April 2004 |
Mahinda Rajapaksa |  6 April 2004 – 19 November 2005 |
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |  19 November 2005 – 21 April 2010 |
D. M. Jayaratne |  21 April 2010 – 9 January 2015 |
Ranil Wickremesinghe | 9 January 2015 – 26 October 2018 |
Mahinda Rajapaksa | 26 October 2018 – 15 December 2018 |
Ranil Wickremesinghe | 16 December 2018 – 21 November 2019 |
Mahinda Rajapaksa | 21 November 2019 – 9 May 2022 |
Ranil Wickremesinghe | 12 May 2022 – 9 July 2022 |
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