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Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Head of state, Sri Lanka

Anura Kumara Dissanayake is the head of state of Sri Lanka, listed by the United Nations as “President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Head of State”.

Posts held

• President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Head of State (head of state), Sri Lanka. Part of level 6: National government.
  Source: Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers for Foreign Affairs: Public List (United Nations Protocol and Liaison Service), list dated 15 October 2026, read 20 October 2026.

Where Anura Kumara Dissanayake sits in the ladder of power

As head of state, Anura Kumara Dissanayake works at level 6: National government, above the regions, states and councils of Sri Lanka (regions, cities).

Above that, Sri Lanka is a member of:

• United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) level 8
• International Monetary Fund level 9
• World Bank Group level 9

Who else holds power in Sri Lanka

• Harini Amarasuriya Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
• Vijitha Herath Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

Where these facts come from

Every post above is copied from an official record, linked beside it with the date it was read. The UN Protocol and Liaison Service publishes the list governments give it of their head of state, head of government and foreign minister. Names are as the source prints them, without honorifics. How this site is made.

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