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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka
Ravi Karunanayake.jpg
Incumbent
Ravi Karunanayake

since 22 May 2017
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Appointer The President with advice of Prime Minister
Inaugural holder Don Stephen Senanayake
Formation 24 September 1947
Website www.mea.gov.lk

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 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.

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