Solicitor General of Sri Lanka

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Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Incumbent Indika Demuni de Silva [1] since 2021
Attorney General's Department
Nominator	The President
Appointer	The President with Constitutional Council advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	1884
First holder	Charles Lambert Ferdinands
Deputy	Additional Solicitors General (5)
Website	Attorney General's Department

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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. Note that the post was solicitor general of Ceylon until Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972.