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The Minister of Foreign Affairs is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka who is responsible for overseeing the international diplomacy of the Government of Sri Lanka. The post was first created in 1947 as Minister of External Affairs and Defence , in 1977 the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence separated into two ministries, the ...
Herath Mudiyanselage Vijitha Herath (born 1 May 1968) is a Sri Lankan politician who has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs since September 2024. Herath has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Gampaha District since 2000.
The ministry was formally established in 1948 [3] following the independence of Ceylon as the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence, coming under the direct control of the Prime Minister of Ceylon. In 1977 the government led by J.R Jayawardena divided the ministry in two, forming the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of External Affairs. [4]
Pages in category "Ministers of foreign affairs of Sri Lanka" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ... List of Cabinet Ministers of Sri Lanka This page was last edited on 2 January 2025, at 22:33 (UTC). Text is available under ...
He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 22 July 2022 to 23 September 2024. [4] He previously served as the Minister of Finance until 9 May 2022. [ 5 ] He was a Member of Parliament , appointed from the national list of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna . [ 6 ]
He was the Cabinet Minister of External Affairs and is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from the National List. [1] [2] He was also the State Minister of Defense on 18 April 2022, serving until 11 July 2022. [3] He has served as the Minister of Education, Minister of Justice in previous Sri Lankan Governments.
He served as Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2019, and as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, for two terms from 2005 to 2007 and 2015 to 2017. [3] He created a stir in Sri Lankan politics when he was sacked as a minister by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2007, after which he split from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party to form his own wing (Mahajana ...