Post: | Chief Minister |
Body: | North Western Province |
Insignia: | Flag of the North Western Province (Sri Lanka).svg |
Insigniasize: | 170px |
Insigniacaption: | Flag of North Western Province, Sri Lanka |
Incumbent: | Dharmasiri Dassanayake |
Incumbentsince: | 8 September 2015 |
Department: | Board of Ministers of the North Western Province |
Style: | The Honourable |
Member Of: | North Western Provincial Council |
Appointer: | Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake |
Appointerpost: | Governor of North Western Province |
Inaugural: | Gamini Jayawickrama Perera |
Formation: | 3 February 1988 |
The Chief Minister of North Western Province, Sri Lanka is the head of the provincial board of ministers, a body which aids and advises the governor, the head of the provincial government, in the exercise of his executive power.[1] The governor appoints as chief minister the member of the North Western Provincial Council who, in his opinion, commands the support of a majority of that council.[1] The current chief minister is Dharmasiri Dassanayake.
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