Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Soviet Union

Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Style His Excellency
Inaugural holder Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
Formation 1957
as Ceylonese Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Final holder Rodney Vandergert
Succession Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia

The Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Soviet Union was the Sri Lankan envoy to Soviet Union. Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Sri Lanka were established on February 19, 1957 and ceased following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.[1]

Ambassadors

AmbassadorsStart of TermEnd of TermHead of State/Government
Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera 1957 1961
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Wijeyananda Dahanayake
Dudley Senanayake
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Tikiri Banda Subasinghe 1961 1965 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
B. F. Perera 1965 1968
Dudley Senanayake
M. V. P. Peiris 1968 1969
J. C. T. Kotalawela 1969 1970
Dudley Senanayake
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
C. D. S. Siriwardene 1970 1974
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
C. E. S. Weeratunge 1974 1976
Walter Jayawardene 1977 1978
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Junius Richard Jayewardene
R. C. A. Johnpulle 1978 1982
Junius Richard Jayewardene
Neville Kanakaratne 1982 1987
Rodney Vandergert 1987 1991
Junius Richard Jayewardene
Ranasinghe Premadasa

See also

References

  1. "Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Moscow, Russia". Ministry of External Affairs. Retrieved 15 November 2012.