List of governors of Uva Province

Governor of Uva
Flag of Uva
since 25 September 2024
AppointerPresident of Sri Lanka
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderP. C. Imbulana
FormationMay 1988
Websitegovernor.up.gov.lk

The governor of Uva, Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ඌව පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Ūva palāth āndukāravarayā), is responsible for the management of the Uva 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 Kapila Jayasekera.

Governors

  Independent   United National Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Communist Party of Sri Lanka   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

No. Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Refs
1 P. C. Imbulana United National Party May 1988 January 1990 [2]
2 Tilak Ratnayake Independent February 1990 March 1993 [2]
3 Abeyratne Pilapitiya United National Party March 1993 December 1994 [2]
4 Ananda Dassanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party January 1995 1999 [2]
5 Sirisena Amarasiri United National Party 1999 25 April 2003 [2]
6 Nanda Mathew United National Party 25 April 2003 27 January 2015 [2]
7 M. P. Jayasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party 27 January 2015 11 April 2018 [2]
8 P. B. Dissanayake (acting) Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 2018 10 May 2018 [3]
9 Ariya Rekawa United National Party 11 May 2018 3 January 2019 [4]
10 Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon Independent 7 January 2019 9 January 2019 [2]
11 Marshall Perera Independent 9 January 2019 3 August 2019 [2]
12 Maithri Gunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 4 August 2019 20 November 2019 [2]
13 Raja Collure Communist Party of Sri Lanka 21 November 2019 31 August 2020 [2]
14 A. J. M. Muzammil Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 31 August 2020 25 September 2024 [2]
15 Kapila Jayasekera Independent 25 September 2024 Incumbent [5]

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 c d e f g h i j k l "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  3. ^ "New Governors take oaths before President Sirisena". sundaytimes.lk. The Sunday Times. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Ariya B. Rekawa appointed Uva Province Governor". Ada Derana. Derana. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. ^ Ajith Siriwardana (25 September 2024). "New Governors sworn in - Breaking News | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 20 October 2024.