List of ambassadors of Sri Lanka to the United States

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. 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
Incumbent
E. Rodney M. Perera
since 08 July 2019
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 (29 October 1948)
Websiteslembassyusa.org


Ambassadors
AmbassadorsStart of TermEnd of TermHead of StateTitle
Sir Claude Corea29 October 19481 March 1954D. S. Senanayake

Dudley Senanayake

John Kotelawala

 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Sir Senerat Gunewardene2 March 195414 August 1961John Kotelawala

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

Wijeyananda Dahanayake

Dudley Senanayake

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

William Gopallawa15 August 196112 March 1963Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Merenna Francis de Silva Jayaratne13 March 196327 September 1965Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Dudley Senanayake

Oliver Weerasinghe28 September 196510 September 1970Dudley Senanayake

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Neville Kanakaratne11 September 197019 April 1978Sirimavo Bandaranaike

William Gopallawa

W. S. Karunaratne20 April 19782 May 1981J. R. Jayewardene
P. M. D. Fernando3 May 198111 August 1981
Ernest Corea12 August 198116 September 1986
Susantha De Alwis17 September 198622 September 1992
Ananda Guruge23 September 199230 January 1995Ranasinghe Premadasa
Jayantha Dhanapala31 January 19958 October 1997Chandrika Kumaratunga
Warnasena Rasaputra9 October 199716 January 2003
Devinda Subasinghe17 January 200311 April 2005
Bernard Goonetilleke12 April 200520 August 2008Chandrika Kumaratunga, Mahinda Rajapaksa
Jaliya Wickramasuriya21 August 200813 July 2014Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prasad Kariyawasam14 July 201408 July 2019Mahinda Rajapaksa, Maithripala Sirisena
E. Rodney M. Perera08 July 2019PresentMaithripala Sirisena

See also
  • List of heads of missions from Sri Lanka

References
  1. "Diplomatic Representation for Sri Lanka". U.S. State Department. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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