The Sri Lankan Ambassador to France is the Sri Lankan envoy to France. The Sri Lankan Ambassador to France is concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Portugal, Andorra, Monaco and Spain. The Ambassador to France is also the Permanent delegate of Sri Lankan to UNESCO. Ambassador Sugeeshwara Gunaratna of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service, holds the post since 1st July 2026. Ambassadors +Date of submission of the letters of credenceAmbassadorSince - To1953Vernon Mendis - Chargé d’affaires a.i1953 - 19556 November, 1965Sri Lalitha Rajapakse (en)1965 - 19671968Fredrick de Silva (en)1968 - 19707 September, 1970JORF 1Tissa Wijeyeratne (en)7 September 197021 November, 1974JORF 2 Ediriweera Sarachchandra (en)1974 -197716 March, 1978JORF 3Vernon Mendis (en)1978 - ...30 July, 1981JORF 4N. Balasubramaniam1981 - ...21 September, 1984JORF 5D.G.B. da Silva1984 - ....1985Ananda W. P. Guruge (en)1985 - ...12 January, 1989JORF 6Warnasena Rasaputra (en)1989 - ...1 February, 1993JORF 7Sirisena Banda Hettiaratchi1993 - ...7 June, 1995JORF 8Sumitra Peries1995 -199916 March, 1999JORF 9Senake Bandaranayake (en)16 March 1999 - October 200026 October, 2000JORF 10Christopher Daneshan Casie Chetty26 October 2000 - November 200115 November, 2001JORF 11Chandra Gemunu Wickremasinghe15 November 2001 - 1 April 20031 April, 2003JORF 12Ananda Goonasekera1 April 2003 - 25 July 200525 July, 2005JORF 13Chitranganee Wagiswara25 July 2005 - 26 January 200926 January, 2009JORF 14Lionel Fernando (en)November 2008 - November 201028 January, 2011JORF 15Dayan Jayatilleka (en)January 2011 - January 201311 July, 2013JORF 16Karunaratne Hangawatte2013 - 20158 September, 2015JORF 17Tilak Ranaviraja2015 - 201718 December, 2017JORF 18Buddhi K. AthaudaOctober 2017- 202012 April, 2021JORF 19Kshanika Hirimburegama (en)2020 - 202322 September, 2023JORF 20Manisha Gunasekera (d)February 2023- February 20262026Sugeeshwara GunaratnaJuly 2026 - current
See also List of heads of missions from Sri Lanka
References
External links https://www.emb-paris.gov.lk/en