President of the Senate of Ceylon
| President of the Senate of Ceylon | |
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| Inaugural holder | Gerard Wijeyekoon |
| Formation | 1947 |
| Final holder | Abeyratne Ratnayaka |
| Abolished | 2 October 1971 |
| Deputy | Deputy President of the Senate of Ceylon |
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The President of the Senate of Ceylon, was the presiding officer and the highest ranking-official of the Senate of Ceylon.
List of Senate Presidents
The Senate was created on 1947 with the abolition of the Soulbury Commission as the upper house with the House of Representatives of Ceylon as the lower house.
| # | Portrait | Senate President | Took office | Left office | Party | Deputy President |
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| 1 | Gerard Wijeyekoon | 1947 | 1953 | Peri Sundaram | ||
| 2 |  |
Nicholas Attygalle | 1953 | 1960 | ||
| 3 | Cyril de Zoysa | 1960 | 1963 | |||
| 4 | Sarath Wijesinghe | 1962 | 1965 | |||
| 5 | Thomas Amarasuriya | 1963 | 1965 | D. A. Rajapahse | ||
| 6 | |
Abeyratne Ratnayaka | 1965 | 1971 | S. D. S. Somaratne | |
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