The Attorney General of Sri Lanka is the Sri Lankan government's chief legal

Law

Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...

 advisor, and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka is the highest court of the nation of Sri Lanka. The Supreme Court is the highest and final judicial instance of record and is empowered to exercise its powers, subject to the provisions of the Constitution. The Court has ultimate appellate jurisdiction in...

. The Attorney General is usually a highly-respected Senior Advocate, and is appointed by the ruling government. The current Attorney General is Mohan Peiris, PC

President's Counsel (Sri Lanka)

President's Counsel is a professional rank, as their status is conferred by the president, recognised by the courts and wear silk gowns of a special design...

. The president does not have any power to make orders, mandatory or otherwise, to the attorney general. He heads the Attorney-General's Department

Attorney-General's Department (Sri Lanka)

The Attorney-General's Department is a non-ministerial government department in Sri Lanka that supports the Attorney General and his/her deputy the Solicitor General. It handles public prosecution and advises the government on legal matters...

.

Unlike the Attorney General of the United States, the Attorney General of Sri Lanka does not have any executive

Executive (government)

Executive branch of Government is the part of government that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The division of power into separate branches of government is central to the idea of the separation of powers.In many countries, the term...

 authority, and is not a political appointee; those functions are performed by the Minister of Justice. The Attorney General is assisted by the Solicitor General of Sri Lanka

Solicitor General of Sri Lanka

The Solicitor General of Sri Lanka is a post subordinate to the Attorney General of Sri Lanka. The Solicitor General of Sri Lanka assists the Attorney General, and is assisted by four Additional Solicitors General.-List of Solicitor Generals:...

 and several Additional Solicitors General.

List of Attorneys-General

Francis Flemming	1884
Charles Samuel Grenier	1892
Charles Peter Layard	1892
Alfred George Lascelles	1902
Anton Bertram	1911
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Lancelot Henry Elphinstone	1925
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John William Ronald Illangakoon	1936
Manikku Wadumestri Hendrik de Silva	1942
Chellappah Nagalingam	1946
Edward Percival Rose	1947
Hema Henry Basnayake	1951
Edward Fredrick Noel Gratiaen	1956
Douglas St. Clive Budd Jansze	1957
Abdul Caffoor Mohamed Ameer	1966
Victor Tennekoon	1972
Shiva Pasupathi	1975
Pandikoralalage Sunil Chandra de Silva	1988
Tilak Janaka Marapana	1992
Mohamed Shibly Aziz	1995
Sarath N. Silva Sarath N. Silva Sarath Nanda Silva PC is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.He obtained his Primary and Secondary school education at Trinity College Kandy and continued to Sri Lanka Law College. Prior to civil service, his achievements included work obtaining a Master of Laws degree Magna...	1996
Kandapper Chinniah Kamalasabayson Kandapper Chinniah Kamalasabayson Kandapper Chinniah Kamalasabayon, P.C., assumed duties as the Sri Lankan Attorney-General on October 15, 1999 and retired on 7 April, 2007. K. C. was an old boy of Hindu Primary School and St. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia.At Sri Lanka Law College Mr...	1999
C. R. De Silva C. R. De Silva Chitta Ranjan De Silva, PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer. He was a former Attorney General and Solicitor General of Sri Lanka. He is the current Chairmen of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission...	2007
Mohan Peiris Mohan Peiris Mohan Peiris, PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer. He is the current Attorney General.He was educated at St. Joseph's College, Colombo and the prestigious Royal College Colombo, where he won colours in cricket. Thereafter he entered the Sri Lanka Law College and was called to the Bar in 1975, starting his...	2009
Mrs.Shanthi Eva Wanasundera	2011