List of governors of Western Province

Governor of Western Province
බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා
Flag of Western Province
Incumbent
Hanif Yusoof
since 25 September 2024
StyleThe Right Honourable
AppointerPresident of Sri Lanka
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderSuppiah Sharvananda
Formation6 June 1988
Websitesecgov.wpc.gov.lk/en

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]

Governors

  Independent (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 National Unity Alliance 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 NPP 25 September 2024 Incumbent [9]

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 "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Three new governors appointed". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 23 January 2015.
  5. ^ "New Governors". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 24 January 2015. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015.
  6. ^ "New Governors take oaths before President Sirisena". sundaytimes.lk. The Sunday Times. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Azath Salley sworn in as Western Province Governor". Daily Mirror. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  8. ^ admin (2019-11-21). "New Provincial Governors appointed". Colombo Gazette. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  9. ^ Ajith Siriwardana (25 September 2024). "New Governors sworn in - Breaking News | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 20 October 2024.