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Past Presidents of the Court of Appeal

Name of Justice Date of appointment as PCA
Hon. Justice D. Wimalaratne From 07.09.1978. to 14.10.1980
Hon. Justice B.S.C. Ratwatte From 15.10.1980 to 10.04.1981
Hon. Justice P. Colin- Thome From 11.04.1981 to 28.12.1981
Hon. Justice J.F.A. Soza From 29.12.1981 to 25.01.1982
Hon. Justice K.A.P. Ranasinghe From 26.01.1982 to 14.11.1982
Hon. Justice M.M. Abdul Cader From 15.11.1982 to 01.12.1982
Hon. Justice E.A.D.Athukorale From 02.12.1982 to 26.11.1984
Hon. Justice O.S.M. Seneviratne From 27.11.1984 to 09.02.1986
Hon. Justice G.P.S. De Silva from 10.02.1986 to 16.12.1987
Hon. Justice J.S. Abeywardena From 17.12.1987 to 21.02.1988
Hon. Justice G.R.T.D. Bandaranayake From 22.02.1988 to 03.03.1989
Hon. Justice R.N.M. Dheeraratne From 04.03.1988 to 02.04.1989
Hon. Justice P. Ramanathan From 03.04.1989 to 24.08.1989
Hon. Justice S.B. Gunawardena From 25.08.1989 to 15.10.1990
Hon. Justice P.R.P. Perera From16.10.1990 to 27.08.1991
Hon. Justice A.S. Wijetunga From 28.08.1991 to 16.10.1991
Hon. Justice K. Palakidnar From 17.10.1991 to 20.01.1994
Hon. Justice S.N. Silva From 21.01.1994 to 28.09.1995
Hon. Justice S. Anandacoomaraswamy From 02.10.1995 to 08.04.1996
Hon. Justice Dr. A. De Z. Goonawardhana From 10.04.1996 to 09.12.1996
Hon. Justice D.P.S. Gunasekara From 10.12.1996 to 06.10.1997
Hon. Justice L.H.G. Weerasekera From 07.10.1997 to 31.06.1998
Hon. Justice Ameer Ismail From 01.07.1998 to 30.05.1999
Hon. Justice P. Edussuriya From 01.06.1999 to 14.09.2000
Hon. Justice H.S. Yapa From 15.09.2000 to 27.01.2001
Hon. Justice C.V. Wigneswaran From 28.01.2001 to 18.02.2001
Hon. Justice J.A.N. De Silva From 19.02.2001 to 01.08.2001
Hon. Justice U. De Z Gunawardana From 02.08.2001 to 14.08.2001
Hon. Justice T.B. Weerasuriya From 15.08.2001 to 28.05.2002
Hon. Justice Nihal Jayasinghe From 29.05.2002 to 23.01.2003
Hon. Justice Shiranee Thilakawardene From 24.01.2003 to 24.11.2003
Hon. Justice N.K. Udalagama From 25.11.2003 to 24.03.2004
Hon. Justice Saleem Marsoof From 31.03.2004 to 19.01.2005
Hon. Justice Andrew Somawansa From 20.01.2005 to 28.05.2006
Hon. Justice D.J. De S. Balapatabendi From 29.05.2006 to 12.12.2006
Hon. Justice P. Wijeratne From 13.12.2006 to 26.02.2007
Hon. Justice K. Sripavan From 27.02.2007 to 26.03.2008
Hon. Justice Chandra Ekanayake From 27.03.2008 to 30.10.2008
Hon. Justice Sathya Hettige From 31.10.2008 to 09.06.2011
Hon. Justice S. Sriskandarajah From 24.06.2011 to 23.01.2014
Hon. Justice K.S.J. De Abrew From 26.02.2014 to 06.05.2014
Hon. Justice A.W.A. Salam From 09.06.2014 to 04.09.2014
Hon. Justice V.K. Malalgoda From 09.09.2014 to 09.05.2017
Hon. Justice P.R. Walgama From 10.05.2017 to 17.06.2017
Hon. Justice L.T.B. Dehideniya From 18.06.2017 to 14.01.2018
Hon. Justice P.P. Surasena From 15.01.2018 to 09.01.2019
Hon. Justice Yasantha D. Kodagoda From 28.03.2019 to 02.02.2020
Hon. Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaz From 03.02.2020 to 30.11.2020
Hon. Justice Arjuna S. Obeyesekere From 01.12.2020 to 13.06.2021
Hon. Justice Priyantha Fernando From 14.06.2021 to 05.02.2023
Hon. Justice N.Bandula Karunarathna From 06.02.2023 to 16.06.2025