Among the officials are 27 heads of missions and 26 non career diplomats.
Most of these appointments were made by the previous government based on their affiliations to the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime.
Following are the lists of officials recalled by the Foreign Ministry:
Recalled Head of Missions
| NAME | DESIGNATION | |
| 1 | H.E. Mrs. BharathiWijeratne | Ambassador/Ankara |
| 2 | H.E. Mr. GaminiRajapakse | Ambassador/Amman |
| 3 | H.E. Gen (Rtd) S.H.S. Kottegoda | Ambassador/ Bangkok |
| 4 | H.E. Mr. Raja Edirisooriya | Ambassador/Brasilia |
| 5 | H.E. Admiral (Rtd) T.G.S. Samarasinghe | High Commissioner/ Canberra |
| 6 | H.E. Dr. K.G.I. Amarasinghe | Ambassador/Hanoi |
| 7 | H.E. ACM (Rtd ) JayalathWeerakkody | High Commissioner/ Islamabad |
| 9 | H.E. Mr. S.N. MarikarBhawa | Ambassador/ Kabul |
| 10 | H.E. Mr. V. Kananathan | High Commissioner/ Kampala |
| 11 | H.E. Mr. W.G.N.H. Dias | High Commissioner/ Male |
| 12 | H.E. Prof. GaminiSamaranayake | Ambassador/ Manila |
| 13 | H.E. Mr. U. Weeratunga | Ambassador/ Moscow |
| 14 | H.E. Dr. Palitha T.B. Kohona | Permanent Representative to UN, New York |
| 15 | H.E. Prof. N.H.A. Karunaratne | Ambassador/Paris & Permanent Delegate to UNESCO |
| 16 | H.E. Mr. Sarrath Kongahage |
High Commissioner/Pretoria |
| 17 | H.E. Mr. HussainMohamdHussain | Ambassador/ Riyadh |
| 18 | H.E. Mr. N.B. Cooray | Ambassador/ Rome Permanent Representative to FAO |
| 19 | H.E Mr. W.W.T. Wijeratne | Ambassador/Seoul |
| 20 | H.E. Mr. O. Alahapperuma | Ambassador/Stockholm |
| 21 | H.E. Mr. M.F. Razeen | Ambassador/ Tehran |
| 22 | H.E. Mr. SarathWijesinghe | Ambassador/Tel Aviv |
| 23 | H.E. Mr. Buddhi K. Athauda | Ambassador/ The Hague & Permanent Representative to OPCW |
| 24 | H.E. Admiral (Rtd) WasanthaKarannagoda | Ambassador/Tokyo |
| 25 | H.E. Mr. RajathaPiyatissa | High Commissioner/Victoria |
| 26 | H.E. Mr. D.S. de Silva | Ambassador/Warsaw |
| 27 | H.E. Mr. H.R. Piyasiri | Ambassador/Yangon |
Recalled Non- Career, Consul General Level Officers
| NO | Name | Mission | Designation |
| 1 | Mr.Pradip Jayawardane | Frankfurt | Consul General |
| 2 | Dr.Adambawa Uthumalebbe | Jeddah | Consul General |
| 3 | Mr. Mohan De Alwis | Toronto | Consul General |
Recalled Non-Career, Non-Head of Mission Level Officers
