Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Head of state Active
President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka · Principal · De jure
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Primary executive
Head of government
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Harini Amarasuriya
Head of government Active
Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka · Principal
Editorial profile v1
Verified country brief
Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.
- Executive system
- Presidential republic · One primary executive function
- Dominant executive office
- Head of state
- Why this office is primary
- Sri Lanka has an executive presidency: the directly elected President is head of state, head of the executive and government, while the Prime Minister leads government business in Parliament.
Government
National Peoples Power Government
Nov 18, 2024 · De jure
National Peoples Power
NPP
Samagi Jana Balawegaya
SJB
Legislature and composition
UnicameralTenth Parliament of Sri Lanka
Nov 21, 2024
Parliament of Sri Lanka
225 SeatsNPP159 / 225
SJB40 / 225
ITAK8 / 225
NDF5 / 225
SLPP3 / 225
Next election
Date not scheduledNext Sri Lankan presidential election
Date not scheduled · Presidential election
- Electoral system
- Preferential presidential vote requiring an absolute majority.
Latest election
Completed2024 Sri Lankan presidential election
Sep 21, 2024 · Presidential election
- Electoral system
- Preferential presidential vote; an absolute majority is required, with preferences redistributed if needed.
- Published result
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake · 42.3%; Sajith Premadasa · 32.8%; Ranil Wickremesinghe · 17.3%
Current policy issues
- 1Economic recovery and fiscal stabilityPresidential Secretariat - May Day message on national priorities
- 2Digital economy and public servicesPresidential Secretariat - Plans for the 2026 digital economy
- 3Education reform and human developmentPresidential Secretariat - May Day message on national priorities
- 4Clean Sri Lanka, environment and local servicesPresidential Secretariat - Clean Sri Lanka programme
Indexed party landscape
Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.
- Tracked parties
- 24
- Active in source
- 14
- Historical in source
- 10
- parties shown
- 24
- Founded
- 2005
- Founded
- 1944
- Founded
- 1947
- Founded
- 1939
- Founded
- 1965
- Founded
- 2004
- Founded
- 1935
- Founded
- 1959
National People's Power
Party Active
- Founded
- 1990
- Founded
- 1951
- Founded
- 2001
More parties (12)
- Founded
- 1943
- Founded
- 2001
- Founded
- 1942
- Founded
- 1972
- Founded
- 2004
- Founded
- 1949
- Founded
- 2004
- Founded
- 2000
- Founded
- 1994
- Founded
- 2000
- Founded
- 1989
- Founded
- 1950
Legislature
PartialParliament of Sri Lanka
Elections
Partial2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Apr 8, 2010
Completed
2010 Sri Lankan presidential election
Presidential election · Head of state
Jan 26, 2010
Completed
2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Apr 2, 2004
Completed
2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Oct 10, 2000
Completed
1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
May 27, 1970
Completed
1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Mar 22, 1965
Completed
July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Jul 20, 1960
Completed
1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Apr 5, 1956
Completed
1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
May 30, 1952
Completed
1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
No scheduled election
Planned
Candidates
Partial2010 Sri Lankan presidential election · Completed
Aug 9, 2026 · Jan 26, 2010
- Independent clusters, last 30 days
- 0
- Independent clusters, days 31–180
- 0
- Confidence
- 80.0%
Sources
15
- 1Presidential Secretariat - Current Presidentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 2Prime Minister Office - Dr Harini Amarasuriya assumes dutiescitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 3Parliament of Sri Lanka - Party compositioncitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 4Parliament of Sri Lanka - 2024 election resultscitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 5Parliament of Sri Lanka - Parliamentary sessionscitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 6Parliament of Sri Lanka - Parliament and constitutional governmentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 7Election Commission of Sri Lanka - 2024 all-island presidential resultcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 8Presidential Secretariat - May Day message on national prioritiescitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 9Presidential Secretariat - Plans for the 2026 digital economycitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 10Presidential Secretariat - Clean Sri Lanka programmecitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 11Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lankacitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 12Prime Minister Office of Sri Lankacitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 13WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
- 14Party FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
- 15Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026
Political world map
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