Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. The post was created in 1978 when the former Ministry of External Affairs and Defence was speared in to two ministries. Prior to that the post of Minister of External Affairs and Defence was held by the Prime Minister since 1947, with a "Parliamentary Secretary for Defence and External Affairs" who was a elected parliamentarian and was the "de-facto" foreign minister.

List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs

ee also

*Ministry of Foreign Affairs

External links

* [http://www.slmfa.gov.lk/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/ind54.html Sri Lanka 54th Independence Anniversary, Colonial rule to independence, by Aryadasa Ratnasinghe ]
* http://www.flickr.com/photos/menik/sets/72157603450693693/


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