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2. List of presidents of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   Top left: William Gopallawa was the first and only non-executive president of Sri Lanka. Top right: J. R. Jayewardene was the first executive president of Sri Lanka. Bottom left: Chandrika Kumaratunga was the first female president and also the longest serving president of Sri Lanka.

3. Heads of state of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   Between 1815 and 1948, Sri Lanka was a British Crown colony. Although the British monarch was the head of state, in practice his or her functions were exercised in the colony by the colonial Governor, who acted on instructions from the British government in London.

4. List of Sri Lankan monarchs - Wikipedia

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   The date August 20, 1200 is the earliest known fixed date in Sri Lankan history, which was for the coronation of Sahassa Malla. Another thing to be noted is that several monarchs had usurped the throne of Lanka including Sinhalese monarchs such as Anikanga , Chodaganga , Sri Vallabha of Polonnaruwa and Mahinda VI . [ 26 ]

5. Lists of Sri Lankan people - Wikipedia

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   View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... This is a list of lists of notable individuals from Sri Lanka. Academics ...

6. List of prime ministers of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   In 1972, the country was renamed as the Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka, and the position was known as the prime minister of Sri Lanka from then onwards. The prime minister also held the unified Ministry of External Affairs and Defence until 1977, when the government of J. R. Jayewardene split the ministry into two ...

7. List of Sri Lankan cabinets - Wikipedia

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   3 Kotelawala cabinet: 12 October 1953: 12 April 1956: John Kotelawala: 4 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet: 12 April 1956: 26 September 1959: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 5 Dahanayake cabinet: 26 September 1959: 20 March 1960: Wijeyananda Dahanayake: 6 Dudley Senanayake cabinet II: 21 March 1960: 21 July 1960: Dudley ...

8. List of ministries of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   The parliament of the Sri Lanka has set of ministers. They are categorized either as the ministers of cabinet and non cabinet. According to the 19th amendment the number of cabinet ministers is limited to 28.

9. History of Sri Lanka (1948–present) - Wikipedia

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   In 1978 Jayewardene introduced a new constitution making Sri Lanka a presidential 'Democratic Socialist' republic, with himself as executive President The Constitution of Sri Lanka: Chapter I – The People, the State and Sovereignty. In 1980 he crushed a general strike by the trade-union movement, jailing its leaders.