Sri Lanka Embassy

The newly appointed Cabinet of Ministers

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Dr. Harini Amarasuriya Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Dr. Harini Amarasuriya was sworn-in as the 16th Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on 24.09.2024. She was nominated by the National People’s Power coalition to the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka in August 2020.

Dr. Amarasuriya is a prominent Sri Lankan academic, activist, and politician born on March 6, 1970, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Her multifaceted career spans academia, social activism, and politics, with a focus on youth issues, human rights, and social developmen...

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Anura Kumara Dissanayake President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Dissanayake Mudyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayake was born on November 24, 1968, in the village of Dewahuwa, Matale, to Dissanayake Mudyanselage Ranbanda, a surveyor’s assistant, and Seelawathi. He is the second child in the family.

Dissanayake began his education at Thambuttegama Primary School and later attended Thambuttegama Madhya Maha Vidyalaya, where he sat for the A-Level exams in the Science Mathematics stream. In 1992, he qualified for university and was accepted into the Faculty...

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