List of governors of North Eastern Province explained

Post:Governor
Body:North Eastern Province
Insignia:Flag of the Northeast Province (Sri Lanka).png
Insigniasize:170px
Insigniacaption:Flag of North Eastern Province, later adapted to that of the Northern Province
Appointer:President of Sri Lanka
Inaugural:Nalin Seneviratne
Formation:30 November 1988
Last:Mohan Wijewickrama
Abolished:31 December 2006

The Governor of the North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka (Sinhala; Sinhalese: උතුරු සහ නැගෙනහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Uthuru saha Nægenahira palāth āndukāravarayā) was responsible for the management of the North Eastern Provincial Council, its key functions including 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 position was abolished in December 2006 with the demerger of the Northern and Eastern Provinces.

Governors

No.Nameclass=unsortablePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeclass=unsortableRefs
1 !align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Lieutenant General Nalin SeneviratneIndependent30 November 198830 November 1993
2 !align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Independent30 November 199323 August 1994
3 !align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Gamini FonsekaUnited National Party13 January 199520 October 1998[2]
4 !align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Independent13 November 199830 November 2004
5 !align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Tyronne FernandoUnited National Party6 December 200420 January 2006
6 !align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Rear Admiral Mohan WijewickramaIndependent21 January 200631 December 2006

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: :.Welcome to Eastern Provincial Council - Sri Lanka.: . www.ep.gov.lk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110104131722/http://www.ep.gov.lk/govindex.asp . 2011-01-04.
  2. Web site: Veteran Sinhala actor Gamini Fonseka dies. Tamil Net. 13 April 2018.