List of governors of North Western Province explained

Post:Governor
Body:North Western Province
Insignia:Flag of the North Western Province (Sri Lanka).PNG
Insigniasize:170px
Insigniacaption:Flag of North Western Province
Incumbent:Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen
Incumbentsince:02 May 2024
Appointer:President of Sri Lanka
Termlength:5 years
Inaugural:Dingiri Banda Wijetunge
Formation:1 June 1988

The governor of the North Western Province of Sri Lanka (Sinhala; Sinhalese: වයඹ පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Wayamba palāth āndukāravarayā) is responsible for the management of the North 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

Parties
No.Nameclass=unsortablePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeclass=unsortableRefs
1Dingiri Banda WijetungaUnited National Party1 June 198831 January 1989[2]
2Montague JayawickramaUnited National Party1 February 198913 October 1993
3Karunasena KodituwakkuUnited National Party13 October 19937 July 1994
4Anandatissa de AlwisUnited National Party8 July 199412 January 1995
5Hector ArawwawalaSri Lanka Freedom Party13 January 19953 January 1999
6Siripala JayaweeraSri Lanka Freedom Party3 January 199930 April 2004
7Dharmadasa WanniarachchiSri Lanka Freedom Party30 April 20045 October 2007
8Tissa BalallaSri Lanka Freedom Party5 October 200723 January 2015
9Amara Piyaseeli RatnayakeUnited National Party23 January 201511 April 2018
10K. C. LogeswaranIndependent12 April 20184 January 2019[3]
10Peshala JayarathneSri Lanka Freedom Party4 January 201921 November 2019
11A. J. M. MuzammilSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna21 November 201931 August 2020
12Raja CollureCommunist Party of Sri Lanka31 August 20207 December 2021
13Wasantha KarannagodaIndependent9 December 202117 May 2023
14Lakshman Yapa AbeywardenaSri Lanka Freedom Party17 May 2023Incumbent15Ahamed Nazeer ZainulabdeenSri Lanka Freedom Party02 May 2024Incumbent

See also

External links

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: Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988 . WorldStatesmen.org. 30 March 2016.
  3. News: New Governors take oaths before President Sirisena. 12 April 2018. The Sunday Times. sundaytimes.lk. 12 April 2018.