List of governors of Sabaragamuwa Province explained

Post:Governor
Body:Sabaragamuwa
Insignia:Flag of the Sabaragamuwa Province (Sri Lanka).PNG
Insigniasize:170px
Insigniacaption:Flag of Sabaragamuwa
Incumbent:Navin Dissanayake
Incumbentsince:13 June 2023
Appointer:President of Sri Lanka
Termlength:5 years
Inaugural:Noel Wimalasena
Formation:30 April 1988

The governor of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka (Sinhala; Sinhalese: සබරගමුව පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Sabaragamuva palāth āndukāravarayā), is responsible for the management of the Sabaragamuwa 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

No.Nameclass=unsortablePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeclass=unsortableRefs
1 !align="center" style="background:; color:white;"United National Party30 April 1988 1993[2]
2 !align="center" style="background:; color:white;"United National Party1993 9 June 2005
3 !align="center" style="background:; color:white;"9 June 2005 February 2008
4 !align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Independent22 February 2008 2 October 2008
5 !align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Sri Lanka Freedom Party2 October 2008 12 May 2009[3]
6 Alavi Moulana (acting)!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Sri Lanka Freedom Party13 May 2009 5 July 2009
7!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Sri Lanka Freedom Party5 July 2009 21 April 2010
8!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Sri Lanka Freedom Party 21 April 2010 27 January 2015
9!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Independent27 January 2015 11 April 2018
10 !align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Independent12 April 2018 2 January 2019[4]
11Dhamma Dissanayake!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Independent3 January 2019 20 December 2019
12Tikiri Kobbekaduwa!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Independent21 December 2019 10 June 2023
13Navin Dissanayake!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"United National Party13 June 2023 Present

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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: Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988 . WorldStatesmen.org. 30 March 2016.
  3. News: An exit of a humanist. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 15 May 2009. 30 March 2016. English.
  4. News: New Governors take oaths before President Sirisena. 12 April 2018. The Sunday Times. sundaytimes.lk. 12 April 2018.