Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Prime Ministers of Ceylon (1948 - 1972)

The Prime Minister's Office, Colombo.Don Stephen Senanayake (October 14, 1947 - March 22, 1952)
Dudley Shelton Senanayake (March 26, 1952 - October 12, 1953)
John Lionel Kotalawela (October 12, 1953 - April 12, 1956)
Solomon Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (April 12, 1956 - September 26, 1959)
Wijeyananda Dahanayake (September 26, 1959 - March 21, 1960)
Dudley Shelton Senanayake (March 21, 1960 - July 21, 1960)
Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (July 21, 1960 - March 27, 1965)
Dudley Shelton Senanayake (March 27, 1965 - May 29, 1970)
Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (May 29, 1970 - March 22, 1972)

Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka (1972 - present)
Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (March 22, 1972 - July 23, 1977)
Junius Richard Jayewardene (July 23, 1977 - February 6, 1978 )
Ranasinghe Premadasa (February 6, 1978 - March 3, 1989)
Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (March 3, 1989 - May 7, 1993)
Ranil Wickremesinghe - (May 7, 1993 - August 19, 1994)
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (August 19, 1994 - November 14, 1994)
Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias 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 - Present)