First Lady of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති ආර්යා, romanized: Śrī Laṃkā Janādhipathi Aryā; Tamil: இலங்கை முதல் பெண்மணி, romanized: Ilankai Mutal Peṇmaṇi) refers to the wife of the President of Sri Lanka.
The current First Lady of Sri Lanka is Mallika Dissanayaka, wife of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who has held the position since 23 September 2024.
[2][3] There have been no first gentlemen of Sri Lanka to date, since former President Chandrika Kumaratunga, the country's only female head of state, was a widow while in office.
William Gopallawa, who was the governor-general of Ceylon at the time, became the country's inaugural president.
When Mahinda Rajapaksa became president, his wife Shiranthi Rajapaksa took a higher profile role, using the title of first lady and becoming a public figure during her husband's presidency, with her own naval aide and staff funded by the Presidential Secretariat.