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 an Consul-General in Los Angeles.[1]

Ambassadors

Ambassadors Start of Term End of Term Head of State Title
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
W. S. Karunaratne 20 April 1978
P. M. D. Fernando 3 May 1981 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Ernest Corea 12 August 1981 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Susantha de Alwis 17 September 1986
Ananda Guruge 23 September 1992
Jayantha Dhanapala 31 January 1995
Warnasena Rasaputram 9 October 1997
Devinda Subasinghe 17 January 2003
Bernard Goonetilleke 12 April 2005
Jaliya Wickramasuriya 21 August 2008 Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prasad Kariyawasam July 14, 2014 Mahinda Rajapaksa

See also

References

  1. "Diplomatic Representation for Sri Lanka". U.S. State Department. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

External links