The governor of the Western Province of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Basnāhira palāth āndukāravarayā), is responsible for the management of the Western Provincial Council. Some of the office's key functions include exercising powers vested in the governor by the Provincial Council Act No. 42 of 1987 amended by Act No. 28 of 1990 and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.[1]
| Governor of Western Province | |
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| බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා | |
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since 25 September 2024 | |
| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Appointer | President of Sri Lanka |
| Term length | 5 years |
| Inaugural holder | Suppiah Sharvananda |
| Formation | 6 June 1988 |
| Website | secgov |
Governors
editIndependent (6) United National Party (3) Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2) Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (1)
| No. | Name | Portrait | Party | Took office | Left office | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suppiah Sharvananda | Independent | 6 June 1988 | 10 June 1994 | [2] | ||
| 2 | Deva Swaminathan | United National Party | 11 July 1994 | 1 December 1994 | [2] | ||
| 3 | K. Vignarajah | Independent | 3 January 1995 | 2 January 2000 | [2] | ||
| 4 | Pathmanathan Ramanathan | Independent | 21 January 2000 | 1 February 2002 | [2] | ||
| 5 | Alavi Moulana | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1 February 2002 | 23 January 2015 | [2] | ||
| 6 | K. C. Logeswaran | Independent | 23 January 2015 | 11 April 2018 | [2][3][4][5] | ||
| 7 | Hemakumara Nanayakkara | United National Party | 12 April 2018 | 1 January 2019 | [6] | ||
| 8 | Azath Salley | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 3 January 2019 | 3 June 2019 | [7] | ||
| 9 | A. J. M. Muzammil | United National Party | 4 June 2019 | 20 November 2019 | |||
| 10 | Seetha Arambepola | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 21 November 2019 | 19 March 2020 | [8] | ||
| 11 | Roshan Goonatilake | Independent | 23 March 2020 | 25 September 2024 | |||
| 12 | Hanif Yusuf | Independent | 25 September 2024 | Incumbent | [9] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ ".Welcome to Eastern Provincial Council - Sri Lanka". www.ep.gov.lk. Archived from the original on 2011-01-04.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1900/09. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Three new governors appointed". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 23 January 2015.
- ^ "New Governors". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 24 January 2015. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015.
- ^ "New Governors take oaths before President Sirisena". sundaytimes.lk. The Sunday Times. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Azath Salley sworn in as Western Province Governor". Daily Mirror. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ admin (2019-11-21). "New Provincial Governors appointed". Colombo Gazette. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ Ajith Siriwardana (25 September 2024). "New Governors sworn in - Breaking News | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 20 October 2024.