List of ambassadors of Sri Lanka to the Soviet Union

Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Soviet Union
StyleHis Excellency
Inaugural holderGunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
Formation1957
as Ceylonese Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Final holderRodney Vandergert
SuccessionSri 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
Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera 1957 1961
Tikiri Banda Subasinghe 1961 1965 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
B. F. Perera[2] 1965 1968
Dudley Senanayake
M. V. P. Peiris 1968 1969
J. C. T. Kotelawala 1969 1970
Dudley Senanayake
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
C. D. S. Siriwardene[3] 1970 1974
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
C. E. S. Weeratunga[4] 1974 1976
Walter Jayawardena 1977 1978
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Junius Richard Jayewardene
R. C. A. Johnpulle[5] 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.
  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.[1]
  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.[2][3]
  4. ^ Conrad Edward Somadasa Weeratunga
  5. ^ Rajakone Christopher Algernon Johnpulle