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The Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States is the Sri Lankan envoy to United States. The Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States is concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago. The Sri Lankan embassy opened on 29 October 1948 and also maintains a Consul-General in Los Angeles.[1]

Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States
Emblem of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Mahinda B. Samarasinghe
since 1 December 2021
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Reports toMinister of Foreign Affairs
SeatEmbassy of Sri Lanka,
3025 Whitehaven St NW, Washington, DC, United States
NominatorThe President of Sri Lanka
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderSir Claude Corea
Formation29 October 1948; 75 years ago (29 October 1948)
Websiteslembassyusa.org

Ambassadors

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Ambassadors Start of Term End of Term Head of Government
Sir Claude Corea 29 October 1948 1 March 1954 D. S. Senanayake
Dudley Senanayake
John Kotelawala
Sir Senerat Gunewardene 2 March 1954 14 August 1961 John Kotelawala
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Wijeyananda Dahanayake
Dudley Senanayake
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
William Gopallawa 15 August 1961 12 March 1963 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Merenna Francis de Silva Jayaratne 13 March 1963 27 September 1965 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Dudley Senanayake
Oliver Weerasinghe 28 September 1965 10 September 1970 Dudley Senanayake
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Neville Kanakaratne 11 September 1970 19 April 1978 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
W. S. Karunaratne 20 April 1978 2 May 1981 J. R. Jayewardene
P. M. D. Fernando 3 May 1981 11 August 1981
Ernest Corea 12 August 1981 16 September 1986
Susantha De Alwis 17 September 1986 22 September 1992
Ananda Guruge 23 September 1992 30 January 1995 Ranasinghe Premadasa
Jayantha Dhanapala 31 January 1995 8 October 1997 Chandrika Kumaratunga
Warnasena Rasaputra 9 October 1997 16 January 2003
Devinda Subasinghe 17 January 2003 11 April 2005
Bernard Goonetilleke 12 April 2005 20 August 2008 Chandrika Kumaratunga
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Jaliya Wickramasuriya 21 August 2008 13 July 2014 Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prasad Kariyawasam 14 July 2014 8 July 2019 Mahinda Rajapaksa
Maithripala Sirisena
Rodney Perera 8 July 2019 4 December 2020 Maithripala Sirisena
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Ravinatha P. Aryasinha 4 December 2020 14 September 2021 Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Mahinda Samarasinghe 1 December 2021 Incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Ranil Wickremesinghe

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Diplomatic Representation for Sri Lanka". U.S. State Department. 17 March 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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