List of ambassadors of Sri Lanka to the Soviet Union explained

Post:	Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Insignia:	Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg
Insigniasize:	100px
Style:	His Excellency
Inaugural:	Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
Formation:	1957 as Ceylonese Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Last:	Rodney Vandergert
Succession:	Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia

The Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Soviet Union was the Sri Lankan envoy in Moscow (Ulitsa Shepkhina 24, Soviet Union) with concurrent, nonresident Diplomatic accreditation in Budapest, Bukarest, Prague, Warsaw and East Berlin.

History

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

Ambassadors	Start of Term	End of Term	Head of State/Government
	1957	1961	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Wijeyananda Dahanayake Dudley Senanayake Sirimavo Bandaranaike
	1961	1965	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
B. F. Perera^[2]	1965	1968
	1968	1969
	1969	1970
C. D. S. Siriwardene^[3]	1970	1974
C. E. S. Weeratunga^[4]	1974	1976
	1977	1978
R. C. A. Johnpulle^[5]	1978	1982
	1982	1987
	1987	1991

See also

• Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia
• List of heads of missions from Sri Lanka

Notes and References

1. Web site: Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Moscow, Russia. Ministry of External Affairs. 15 November 2012.
2. Benjamin Franklin Perera (*1901), C.M.G., O.B.E., son of K. S. Perera.
   • 1956-1958 Deputy High Commissioner in London.
   • 1958-1961 High Commr in Canberra (Australia) and New Zealand.
   • 1961-1965 ambassador in Bonn Germany)
   • 1930 married a daughter of Dr. C. P. de Fonseka;
   • 1949: cr. OBE (Civil).
   • CMG, 1955.https://books.google.com/books?id=0SIMAQAAMAAJ&q=%22PERERA,+Benjamin+Franklin,+C.M.G.,+O.B.E.,+son+of+K.+S.+Perera%3B+b.+1901%3B+Dep.%22
3. Codippiliarachchige Don Stanislaus Siriwardene (* 1911) B.A London University.
   • 1941 married to Telinade Silva 3 daughters
   • Advocate of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
   • 1962-1970: Lecturer at the Ceylon Law College.
   • 1962-1970: Senator.
   • 1970-1974: Ambassador to the USSR, GDR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania.
   • 1974: he was Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan.https://books.google.com/books?id=PDQ1AAAAIAAJ&q=%221014+Wien,+Austria,+SIRIWARDANE,+Codlppiliarachchige+Don+Stanislaus%22+1911https://books.google.com/books?id=sgHRpmqH8cgC&q=Codippiliarachchige+Don+Stanislaus+Siriwardene
4. Conrad Edward Somadasa Weeratunga
5. Rajakone Christopher Algernon Johnpulle