List of ambassadors of Sri Lanka to China
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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]
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to China | |
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Inaugural holder | Claude Corea |
Formation | 8 September 1956 |
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 accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | List of prime ministers of Sri Lanka | Premier of the People's Republic of China | Term end |
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8 September 1956 | Claude Corea | Special 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. Bandaranaike | Zhou Enlai | |
February 1957 | Wilmot A. Perera | In February 1957 Wilmot A. Perera was appointed Sri Lanka's first ambassador to China. | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Zhou Enlai | |
1958 | William Gopallawa | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Zhou Enlai | 1961 | |
1961 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Zhou Enlai | 1963 | ||
1964 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Zhou Enlai | 1965 | ||
1965 | Don Benjamin Rupasinghe Gunawardena | Robert Gunawardena, Ceylon has no Ambassador in Hanoi or Saigon, but Mr. Gunawardena was received in Hanoi. | Dudley Shelton Senanayake | Zhou Enlai | 1970 |
1969 | Yogendra Duraiswamy | Chargé d'affaires | Dudley Shelton Senanayake | Zhou Enlai | |
1970 | In a conversion with the Ceylonese Ambassador of Peking. I. A. Karannagoda, Chou En-lai, disavowed the 'Guearists'. | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Zhou Enlai | 1977 | |
1978 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Hua Guofeng | 1979 | ||
31 May 1980 |
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Ranasinghe Premadasa | Zhao Ziyang | 1983 | |
1984 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Zhao Ziyang | |||
1993 | Wilhelm Woutersz | Ranil Wickremesinghe | Li Peng | 1997 | |
12 November 1997 | Rodney Vandergert | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Li Peng | 2000 | |
2002 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Wen Jiabao | 2004 | ||
2008 | Karunatilaka Amunugama | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | Wen Jiabao | 16 August 2011 | |
16 August 2011 | Ranjit Uyangoda | D. M. Jayaratne | Wen Jiabao | 2015 | |
2015 | Karunasena Kodituwakku | Ranil Wickremesinghe | Li Keqiang |
Coordinates: 39°54′44″N 116°26′40″E / 39.912154°N 116.444492°E [2]
See also[]
- List of heads of missions from Sri Lanka
References[]
Categories:
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