List of Foreign Ministers
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party
| # | Portrait | Name | Party | Tenure | Head(s) of Government | Ministerial title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Stephen Senanayake | United National Party | 24 September 1947 - 22 March 1952 | Don Stephen Senanayake | Minister of External Affairs and Defence | ||
| 2 | Dudley Senanayake | United National Party | 22 March 1952 - 12 October 1953 | Dudley Senanayake | |||
| 3 | John Kotelawala | United National Party | 12 October 1953 - 12 April 1956 | John Kotelawala | |||
| 4 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 12 April 1956 - 26 September 1959 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | |||
| 5 | Wijeyananda Dahanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 26 September 1959 - 20 March 1960 | Wijeyananda Dahanayake | |||
| 6 | Dudley Senanayake | United National Party | 21 March 1960 - 21 July 1960 | Dudley Senanayake | |||
| 7 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 21 July 1960 - 25 March 1965 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | |||
| 8 | Dudley Senanayake | United National Party | 25 March 1965 - 29 May 1970 | Dudley Senanayake | |||
| 9 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 29 May 1970 - 23 July 1977 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | |||
| 10 | Junius Richard Jayewardene | United National Party | 23 July 1977 - 4 February 1978 | Junius Richard Jayewardene | |||
| 11 | Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed | United National Party | 4 February 1978 - 1989 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||
| 12 | Ranjan Wijeratne | United National Party | 1989 - 1991 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | |||
| 13 | Harold Herath | United National Party | 1991 - 1993 | ||||
| 14 | Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed | United National Party | 1993 - 1994 | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | |||
| 15 | Lakshman Kadirgamar | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1994 - 2001 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |||
| 16 | Tyronne Fernando | United National Party | 2001 - 2004 | ||||
| 17 | Lakshman Kadirgamar | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 2004 - 2005 | ||||
| 18 | Anura Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 2005 - 2005 | ||||
| 19 | Mangala Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 2005 – 2007 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | |||
| 20 | Rohitha Bogollagama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 2007 - April 2010 | ||||
| 21 | Prof. Gamini Peiris | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 April 2010 – present | ||||
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