List of governors of North Central Province

Governor of North Central Province
Flag of North Central Province
since 25 September 2024
AppointerPresident of Sri Lanka
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderDingiri Bandara Welagedara
FormationMay 1988
Websitenc.gov.lk

The governor of the North Central Province of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: උතුරු මැද පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Uthuru Mæda palāth āndukāravarayā) is responsible for the management of the North Central 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] The current governor is Wasantha Kumara Wimalasiri.[2]

Governors

  Independent   United National Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Lanka Sama Samaja Party

No. Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Refs
1 Dingiri Bandara Welagedara United National Party May 1988 May 1989 [3]
2 E. L. Senanayake
United National Party 11 May 1989 10 May 1994 [3]
3 E. L. B. Hurulle
United National Party 11 May 1994 September 1994 [3]
4 Maithripala Senanayake
Sri Lanka Freedom Party 7 September 1994 12 July 1998 [3]
5 G. M. S. Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1998 27 August 2003 [3]
6 Jagath Balasuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party 27 August 2003 13 November 2006 [3]
7 Karunarathna Divulgane
Independent 13 November 2006 27 January 2015 [3]
8 P. B. Dissanayake
Sri Lanka Freedom Party 27 January 2015 11 April 2018 [3][4][5][6]
9 M. P. Jayasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 2018 2 January 2019 [7]
10 Sarath Ekanayake
Sri Lanka Freedom Party 3 January 2019 3 December 2019
11 Tissa Vitharana Lanka Sama Samaja Party 4 December 2019 23 March 2020
10 Maheepala Herath
Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 March 2020 23 September 2024
12 Wasantha Kumara Wimalasiri Independent 25 September 2024 Incumbent [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ ".Welcome to Eastern Provincial Council – Sri Lanka". www.ep.gov.lk. Archived from the original on 2011-01-04.
  2. ^ a b "New Governors appointed by the President". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Austin, Ellawala new Governors". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 27 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Six Provincial Governors take oaths". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  7. ^ "New Governors take oaths before President Sirisena". sundaytimes.lk. The Sunday Times. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.