List of chief ministers of North Western Province explained

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.

Chief ministers

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Chapter XVIIA. Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka. 2015-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20131103172559/http://www.priu.gov.lk/Cons/1978Constitution/Chapter_17A_Amd.html. 2013-11-03. dead.
  2. Web site: Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988 . WorldStatesmen.org. 30 March 2016.
  3. PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL Notification made by the Governor North Western Province. 7 October 2013. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1831/06.
  4. News: Video: New Chief Ministers. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 3 October 2013. 27 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20131007005120/http://www.dailymirror.lk/caption-story/36494-new-chief-ministers.html. 7 October 2013. dead.
  5. News: Edirisinghe. Dasun. Dayasiri, Ekanayake sworn in as CMs. The Island (Sri Lanka). 4 October 2013.
  6. PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL Notification made by the Governor of North Western Province. 16 September 2015. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/48.
  7. News: Ramakrishnan. T.. Sri Lanka: Two Chief Ministers appointed. The Hindu. 8 September 2015.
  8. News: Edirisinghe. Dasun. President appoints two new Chief Ministers. The Island (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.