Sri Lankan Ambassador 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]
Ambassadors
| Ambassadors | Start of Term | End of Term | Head of State | Title |
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| Claude Corea | 29 October 1948 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | ||
| Senerat Gunewardene | 2 March 1954 | |||
| William Gopallawa | 15 August 1961 | |||
| Merenna Francis de Silva Jayaratne | 13 March 1963 | |||
| Oliver Weerasinghe | 28 September 1965 | |||
| Neville Kanakaratne | 11 September 1970 | William Gopallawa | ||
| W. S. Karunaratne | 20 April 1978 | J. R. Jayewardene | ||
| P. M. D. Fernando | 3 May 1981 | J. R. Jayewardene | ||
| Ernest Corea | 12 August 1981 | J. R. Jayewardene | ||
| Susantha de Alwis | 17 September 1986 | J. R. Jayewardene | ||
| Ananda Guruge | 23 September 1992 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | ||
| Jayantha Dhanapala | 31 January 1995 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | ||
| Warnasena Rasaputram | 9 October 1997 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | ||
| Devinda Subasinghe | 17 January 2003 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | ||
| Bernard Goonetilleke | 12 April 2005 | 20 August 2008 | Chandrika Kumaratunga Mahinda Rajapaksa | |
| Jaliya Wickramasuriya | 21 August 2008 | July 13 2014 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | |
| Prasad Kariyawasam | July 14, 2014 | Present | Mahinda Rajapaksa Maithripala Sirisena |
See also
References
- ↑ "Diplomatic Representation for Sri Lanka". U.S. State Department. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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