Leader of the United National Party

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Leader of the United National Party of Sri Lanka
Incumbent Ranil Wickramasinghe since 12 November 1994 27 years, 3 months and 19 days
United National Party
Type	Political Party Office
Appointer	Working committee
Term length	no term limit
Inaugural holder	D. S. Senanayake
Formation	1947
Succession	Deputy Leader
Deputy	Ruwan Wijewardene
Website	www.apiunp.com

The Leader of the United National Party is the highest position of the largest and oldest party in Sri Lanka. The leader is appointed by the majority vote of the working committee of the party who meets at Sirikotha, when the position is vacant.

The United National Party (UNP) (Sinhala: එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, Eksath Jathika Pakshaya, Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, Aikkya Thesiya Katchi), is a political party in Sri Lanka. It was previously the main ruling party in the government of Sri Lanka.

The party had seven leaders since 1947.Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe has been the leader since 1994. Ruwan Wijewardene is the current deputy leader of the party.

Name	Portrait	Province	Periods In Party Leadership	Highest Position Held
D. S. Senanayake		Western	1947–1952	Prime minister
Dudley Senanayake		Western	1952–1953	Prime minister
John Kotelawala		North Western	1953–1956	Prime minister
Dudley Senanayake		Western	1956–1973	Prime minister (2 Terms)
J. R. Jayewardene		Western	1973–1989	President (2 Terms)
Ranasinghe Premadasa		Western	1989–1993	President
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga		Central	1993–1994	President
Ranil Wickremesinghe		Western	1994–present	Prime minister (3 Terms)

See also[]

• List of prime ministers of Sri Lanka
• List of presidents of Sri Lanka

References[]