President Maithripala Sirisena appointed two former Prime Ministers as Senior Presidential Advisors.

Former Prime Ministers D. M. Jayaratne and Ratnasiri Wickremanayake were appointed as Senior Presidential Advisor by President Sirisena.

Both Jayaratne and Wickremanayake are SLFP veterans, who have been members of the party for decades. Jayaratne joined the party in its earliest days, while Wickremanayake was a member from 1960.

Jayaratne was Prime Minister during the second term of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Wickremaratne was Prime Minister from August 2000 to December 2001 and again from November 2005 to January 2010.