Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. The post was created in 1978 when the former Ministry of External Affairs and Defence was separated into two ministries. Prior to that the post of Minister of External Affairs and Defence was held by the Prime Minister since 1947, with a Parliamentary Secretary for Defence and External Affairs who was an elected parliamentarian and was the de-facto foreign minister.

List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs

Minister	Term
Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed	1978 - 1989
Ranjan Wijeratne	1989 - 1991
Harold Herath	1991 - 1993
Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed	1993 - 1994
Lakshman Kadirgamar	1994 - 2001
Tyronne Fernando	2001 - 2004
Lakshman Kadirgamar	2004 - 2005
Anura Bandaranaike	2005 - 2005
Mangala Samaraweera, MP	2005 – 2007
Rohitha Bogollagama	2007 - April 2010
Prof. G. L. Peiris, MP	23 April 2010 – present

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Sri Lanka 54th Independence Anniversary, Colonial rule to independence, by Aryadasa Ratnasinghe
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