List of chief ministers of Western Province explained

Post:Chief Minister
Body:Western Province
Insignia:Western Province Flag (SRI LANKA).png
Insigniasize:170px
Insigniacaption:Flag of Western Province, Sri Lanka
Incumbent:Isura Devapriya
Incumbentsince:8 September 2015
Department:Board of Ministers of the Western Province
Style:The Honourable
Member Of:Western Provincial Council
Appointer:K. C. Logeswaran
Appointerpost:Governor of Western Province
Inaugural:Susil Moonesinghe
Formation:3 February 1988

The chief minister of 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 Western Provincial Council who, in his opinion, commands the support of a majority of that council.[1] The current chief minister is Isura Devapriya.

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. News: People 'do not vote for pledges'. BBC SInhala. 4 May 2009.
  4. News: MR picks WPC ministers: Prasanna CM Duminda, Thilanga, Reginald overlooked. The Island (Sri Lanka). 5 May 2009.
  5. PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors WESTERN PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL Appointments by the Governor of the Western Province. 18 September 2015. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/70.
  6. News: Warnakulasuriya. Deepal. Western & Wayamba Provinces get new Chief Ministers. The Nation (Sri Lanka). 8 September 2015. 27 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160105100715/http://nation.lk/online/2015/09/08/western-wayamba-provinces-get-new-chief-ministers/. 5 January 2016. dead.
  7. News: New chief ministers appointed for Western and North Western Provinces. Colombo Page. 8 September 2015.