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President Wiliyam Gopallawa (විලියම් ගොපල්ලව)He is 1^st nominal president in Sri Lanka (1972.05.22 – 1978.02.04)
President J.R. Jayawardhana (ජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන)He is 1^st executive president in Sri Lanka (1978.02.04 – 1989.01.02)
President Ranasingha Preamadasa (රණසිංහ ප්‍රේමදාස)He is 2^nd executive president in Sri Lanka (1989.01.02 – 1993.05.01)
President D.B. Wijethunga (ඩිංගිරි බණ්ඩා විජේතුංග)He is 3^rd executive president in Sri Lanka (1993.05.01 – 1995.11.12)
President Chandrika Kumrathunga (චන්ද්‍රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක)She is 4^th executive president in Sri Lanka (1994.11.12 -2005.11.19)
President Mahinda Rajapaksha (මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ)He is 5^th executive president in Sri Lanka (2005-11.19 – 2015.01.09)
President Maithreepala Sirisena (මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන)He is president of Sri Lanka (2015 – at present)