List of ambassadors of Sri Lanka to China explained

The Sri Lankan Ambassador to China is the Sri Lankan envoy to the People's Republic of China. He is concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Mongolia and North Korea. The current ambassador is Dr. Karunasena Kodituwakku.[1]

Post:Ambassador
Body:Sri Lanka to China
Incumbent:Palitha Kohona
Inaugural:Claude Corea

The Sri Lankan ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government in Colombo to the Government of the People's Republic of China and concurrently accredited in Pyongyang (North Korea) and Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).

List of representatives

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditationAmbassadorObservationsList of prime ministers of Sri LankaPremier of the People's Republic of ChinaTerm end
Claude CoreaSpecial Ambassador to China, at the head of a Ceylon Government Delegation that was to have preliminary discussions with the Government of the People's Republic of China regarding the establishment of diplomatic relations, trade expansion, economic co-operation and cultural exchanges.S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeZhou Enlai
Wilmot A. PereraIn February 1957 Wilmot A. Perera was appointed Sri Lanka's first ambassador to China.S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeZhou Enlai
William GopallawaS. W. R. D. BandaranaikeZhou Enlai
Alwin Bernard PereaSirimavo BandaranaikeZhou Enlai
Stephen Frederick de SilvaSirimavo BandaranaikeZhou Enlai
Don Benjamin Rupasinghe GunawardenaRobert Gunawardena, Ceylon has no Ambassador in Hanoi or Saigon, but Mr. Gunawardena was received in Hanoi. Dudley Shelton SenanayakeZhou Enlai
Yogendra DuraiswamyChargé d'affairesDudley Shelton SenanayakeZhou Enlai
R.L.A.I. KarannagodaIn a conversion with the Ceylonese Ambassador in Beijing, I. A. Karannagoda, Zhou Enlai, disavowed the 'Guearists'.Sirimavo BandaranaikeZhou Enlai
Chitra Raja Dias DesingheRanasinghe PremadasaHua Guofeng
Chithambaranathan Mahendran
  • In July 1992 he was ambassador in Tokyo, Japan.
Ranasinghe PremadasaZhao Ziyang
Kandage Newton SamarasingheRanasinghe PremadasaZhao Ziyang
Wilhelm WouterszRanil WickremesingheLi Peng
Rodney VandergertSirimavo BandaranaikeLi Peng
Mahinda RajapaksaWen Jiabao
Karunatilaka AmunugamaRatnasiri WickremanayakeWen Jiabao
Ranjit UyangodaD. M. JayaratneWen Jiabao
Karunasena KodituwakkuRanil WickremesingheLi Keqiang
39.9122°N 116.4445°W[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. embassy of the democratic socialist republic of sri lanka beijing china, http://www.mfa.gov.lk/index.php/en/missions/85-china/358-embassy-of-the-democratic-socialist-republic-of-sri-lanka-beijing-china
  2. , The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of November 1984, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 1985, 120 p. p.112

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