List of chief ministers of Central Province explained

Post:Chief Minister
Body:Central Province
Insignia:Central Province.png
Insigniasize:170px
Insigniacaption:Flag of Central Province, Sri Lanka
Incumbent:Vacant
Incumbentsince:26 April 2019
Department:Board of Ministers of the Central Province
Style:The Honourable
Member Of:Central Provincial Council
Appointer:Monty Gopallawa
Appointerpost:Governor of Central Province
Inaugural:W. M. P. B. Dissanayake
Formation:3 February 1988

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

Chief ministers

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Vacant
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Vacant

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 APPOINTMENTS — CENTRAL PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. 23 July 2004. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1350/25.
  4. News: Ekanayake to be sworn in CP Chief Minister. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 16 July 2004.