List of Presidents of Sri Lanka

The President of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the head of government. The President is a dominant political figure in Sri Lanka. The office was created in 1972, as more of a ceremonial position. It was empowered with executive powers by the 1978 Constitution introduced by J. R. Jayewardene. The current President is Maithripala Sirisena, elected on January 8, 2015.

The most recent death of a former President was that of Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1993–1994) on 21 September 2008, aged 92.