List of Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka

The following is a list of Sri Lankan Prime Ministers:

• Don Stephen Senanayake (February 4, 1948 - March 26, 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)
• Vijayananda 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 - 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 Wickremasinghe (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 Wickremasinghe (December 9, 2001 - April 6, 2004)
• Mahinda Rajapakse (April 6, 2004 - present)