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Formation. 24 September 1947. Website. www .mea .gov .lk. 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 ...
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]
Sri Lanka Overseas Service. The Sri Lanka Overseas Service ( SLOS) ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා විදේශ සේවය; śrī laṁkā vidēśa sēvaya) which is most commonly referred to as the Sri Lanka Foreign Service is the foreign service of Sri Lanka. It is the body of career diplomats of Sri Lanka. The Permanent ...
Mohamed Uvais Mohamed Ali Sabry, PC, MP ( Sinhala: මොහොමඩ් උවයිස් මොහොමඩ් අලි සබ්රි, Tamil: மோஹமட் உவைஸ் மோஹமட் அலி சப்ரி; born 1 May 1970 [ 2] ), also known as Ali Sabry, is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He is the Current Minister of ...
e. Foreign relations of Sri Lanka refers to the diplomatic and commercial relations between Sri Lanka and other countries. Sri Lanka has stressed its principle of "friendship towards all, enmity towards none" in its diplomacy. Sri Lanka since the 1950s has followed a non-aligned foreign policy and does not take sides with major powers. [ 1]
In Sri Lanka, the Cabinet of Ministers is the council of senior ministers responsible and answerable to the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The President is a member of the cabinet and its head. [ 1] The current cabinet is the Wickremesinghe cabinet, [ 2] which consists of 21 ministers since 6 October 2023. [ 3] There are also 38 state ministers who ...
Ministry of Health. Minister of Health. Ministry of Water Supply. Minister of Water Supply. Ministry of Agriculture. Minister of Agriculture. Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation. Minister of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation. Ministry of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms.
List of prime ministers of Sri Lanka. Top left: D. S. Senanayake became the first prime minister of Ceylon in 1947. Top right: Sirimavo Bandaranaike was the first female prime minister of Ceylon and also its longest-serving prime minister, holding the office for over 17 years on three separate occasions. Bottom left: Ranasinghe Premadasa was ...