List of ambassadors of Sri Lanka to Russia
(Redirected from Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia)
The Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia is the Sri Lankan envoy to Russia. The Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia is concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.[1]
Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia | |
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Incumbent [Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka] | |
Style | His Excellency |
Appointer | Maithripala Sirisena |
Inaugural holder | Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera as Ceylonese Ambassador to the Soviet Union |
Formation | 1991 1957 as Ceylonese Ambassador to the Soviet Union |
Website | Embassy of Sri Lanka, Russia |
Ambassadors
editAmbassador to the Soviet Union
editAmbassadors | Start of Term | End of Term | Head of State/Government |
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Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera | 1957 | 1961 | |
Tikiri Banda Subasinghe | 1961 | 1965 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
B. F. Perera | 1965 | 1968 | |
M. V. P. Peiris | 1968 | 1969 | |
J. C. T. Kotelawala | 1969 | 1970 | |
C. D. S. Siriwardene | 1970 | 1974 | |
C. E. S. Weeratunge | 1974 | 1976 | |
Walter Jayawardene | 1977 | 1978 | |
R. C. A. Johnpulle | 1978 | 1982 | |
Neville Kanakaratne | 1982 | 1987 | |
Rodney Vandergert | 1987 | 1991 |
Ambassador to Russia
editAmbassadors | Start of Term | End of Term | Head of State |
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Nissanka Wijeyeratne | 1991 | 1994 | |
N. M. M. I. Hussain | 1995 | 1998 | |
N. Sikkander | 1998 | 2002 | |
U. B. Wijekoon | 2003 | 2004 | |
Neville Ranasuriya | 2005 | 2006 | |
Udayanga Weeratunga | 2006 | 28 February 2015 | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Saman Weerasinghe | 7 September 2015 | 28 February 2019 | Maithripala Sirisena |
Dayan Jayatilleka | 3 September 2018 | 14 January 2020 | Maithripala Sirisena |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Moscow, Russia". Ministry of External Affairs. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2012.