List of governors of North Central Province explained

Post:Governor
Body:North Central Province
Insignia:Flag of the North Central Province (Sri Lanka).PNG
Insigniasize:170px
Insigniacaption:Flag of North Central Province
Incumbent:Wasantha Kumara Wimalasiri
Incumbentsince:25 September 2024
Appointer:President of Sri Lanka
Termlength:5 years
Inaugural:Dingiri Bandara Welagedara
Formation:May 1988

The governor of the North Central Province of Sri Lanka (si|උතුරු මැද පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Uthuru Mæda palāth āndukāravarayā) is responsible for the management of the North Central 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] The current governor is Wasantha Kumara Wimalasiri.[2]

Governors

No.Nameclass=unsortablePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeclass=unsortableRefs
1Dingiri Bandara Welagedara!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"United National PartyMay 1988May 1989[3]
2E. L. Senanayake!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"United National Party11 May 198910 May 1994
3E. L. B. Hurulle!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"United National Party11 May 1994September 1994
4Maithripala Senanayake!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Sri Lanka Freedom Party7 September 199412 July 1998
5G. M. S. Samaraweera!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Sri Lanka Freedom Party199827 August 2003
6Jagath Balasuriya!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Sri Lanka Freedom Party27 August 200313 November 2006
7Karunarathna Divulgane!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Independent13 November 200627 January 2015
8P. B. Dissanayake!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Sri Lanka Freedom Party27 January 201511 April 2018[4] [5] [6]
9M. P. Jayasinghe!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Sri Lanka Freedom Party12 April 20182 January 2019[7]
10Sarath Ekanayake!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Sri Lanka Freedom Party3 January 20193 December 2019
11Tissa Vitharana!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Lanka Sama Samaja Party4 December 201923 March 2020
10Maheepala Herath!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Sri Lanka Freedom Party23 March 202023 September 2024
12Wasantha Kumara WimalasiriIndependent25 September 2024Incumbent

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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: New Governors appointed by the President . 2024-09-26 . www.adaderana.lk . en.
  3. Web site: Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988 . WorldStatesmen.org. 30 March 2016.
  4. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President . 2 February 2015 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1900/09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150208150847/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Feb/1900_09/1900_09%20E.pdf . 8 February 2015 .
  5. News: Austin, Ellawala new Governors. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 27 January 2015.
  6. News: Six Provincial Governors take oaths. The Nation (Sri Lanka). 27 January 2015. 30 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307032653/http://www.nation.lk/edition/breaking-news/item/37782-six-provincial-governors-take-oaths.html. 7 March 2016. dead.
  7. News: New Governors take oaths before President Sirisena. 12 April 2018. The Sunday Times. sundaytimes.lk. 12 April 2018.

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