Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka who is responsible for overseeing the international diplomacy of the Government of Sri Lanka. The post was first created in 1947 as Minister of External Affairs and Defence, in 1977 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.
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)
Image: Official Photographic Portrait of Don Stephen Senanayaka (1884 1952)
Image: Dudley Shelton Senanayaka (1911 1973)
Image: John Kotelawala (1951)
Cabinet of Sri Lanka
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In Sri Lanka, the Cabinet of Ministers is the council of ministers that form the central government of Sri Lanka. The body of senior ministers responsible and answerable to the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The President is a member of the cabinet and its head.
The first Cabinet of Ministers of Ceylon in 1947
Image: Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe, at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on November 23, 2017
Image: Dinesh Gunawardena
Image: Susil Premajayantha