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Minister of Defence of Sri Lanka
Ministry of Defence
AppointerMahinda Rajapaksa
Inaugural holderDon Stephen Senanayake
Formation24 September 1947
Websitewww.defence.lk

The Minister of Defence is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka who is responsible for the implementation of the Government of Sri Lankas defence policy and the headquarters of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. The post was first created in 1947 as Minister of External Affairs and Defence, in 1978 the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence separated into two ministries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence. Prior to the separation of the post the 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 an elected parliamentarian and was the de facto foreign minister.

List of Defence Ministers

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party

# Portrait Name Party Tenure Head(s) of Government Ministerial title
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 1 Don Stephen Senanayake Don Stephen Senanayake United National Party 24 September 1947 - 22 March 1952 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Don Stephen Senanayake Minister of External Affairs and Defence
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 2 Dudley Senanayake Dudley Senanayake United National Party 22 March 1952 - 12 October 1953 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Dudley Senanayake
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 3 John Kotelawala United National Party 12 October 1953 - 12 April 1956 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| John Kotelawala
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 4 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 1956 - 26 September 1959 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 5 Wijeyananda Dahanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 26 September 1959 - 20 March 1960 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Wijeyananda Dahanayake
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 6 Dudley Senanayake Dudley Senanayake United National Party 21 March 1960 - 21 July 1960 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Dudley Senanayake
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 7 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 21 July 1960 - 25 March 1965 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Sirimavo Bandaranaike
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 8 Dudley Senanayake Dudley Senanayake United National Party 25 March 1965 - 29 May 1970 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Dudley Senanayake
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 9 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 29 May 1970 - 23 July 1977 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Sirimavo Bandaranaike
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 10 Junius Richard Jayewardene Junius Richard Jayewardene United National Party 23 July 1977 - 4 February 1978 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Junius Richard Jayewardene
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Ranasinghe Premadasa United National Party 1989 - ? -
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Ranjan Wijeratne United National Party ? - ?
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Dingiri Banda Wijetunga United National Party ? - ?
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Tilak Marapana United National Party 12 December 2001 - ?
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 November 2005 – present !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Defence and urban development

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