The president of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the chief executive of Sri Lanka. The president is a dominant political figure in the country. The office was created in 1972, as more of a ceremonial position. It was empowered with executive powers by the 1978 Constitution introduced by J. R. Jayewardene.
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No.PortraitNameTerm of officeElectoral mandatesTime in officeOther ministerial officesheld while presidentPartyGovernment Non-Executive President (1972–1978) 1 William Gopallawaවිලියම් ගොපල්ලවவில்லியம் கோபள்ளவா 1972 1978 — Executive President of Sri Lanka (1978–present) 2 J. R. Jayewardeneජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධනஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா 1978 1989 1982 3 Ranasinghe Premadasaරණසිංහ ප්රේමදාසரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா 1989 1993† 1988 4 D. B. Wijetungaඩිංගිරි බණ්ඩා විජේතුංගடிங்கிரி பண்ட விஜேதுங்க 1993 1993 1993 1994 1993 5 Chandrika Kumaratungaචන්ද්රිකා කුමාරතුංගசந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்கே குமாரதுங்கா 1994 2005 1994, 1999 6 Mahinda Rajapaksaමහින්ද රාජපක්ෂமஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ 2005 2015 2005, 2010 7 Maithripala Sirisenaමෛත්රීපාල සිරිසේනமைத்திரிபால சிறிசேன 2015 2019 2015 8 Gotabaya Rajapaksaගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂகோட்டாபய ராஜபக்ஷ 2019 2022 2019 9 Ranil Wickremesingheරනිල් වික්රමසිංහரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க 2022 2022 2022 2024 2022 10 Anura Kumara Dissanayakeඅනුර කුමාර දිසානායකஅநுர குமார திசாநாயக்க 2024 Incumbent2024
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See also Presidential Secretariat List of prime ministers of Sri Lanka
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