The Governor-General of Ceylon was the representative of the Ceylonese monarch, and head of state, who held the title of Queen/King of Ceylon (as of 1952, Queen Elizabeth II) from 1948 when the country became independent as a Dominion until the country became the republic of Sri Lanka in 1972.
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