P. C. Imbulana Explained

P. C. Imbulana
Office:2nd Governor of Central Province
Term Start:1 February 1990
Term End:May 1994
President:Ranasinghe Premadasa
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Predecessor:E. L. B. Hurulle
Successor:E. L. Senanayake
Office2:1st Governor of Uva Province
Term Start2:May 1988
Term End2:January 1990
President2:Ranasinghe Premadasa
Primeminister2:Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Predecessor2:Office Created
Successor2:Tilak Ratnayake
Constituency Mp3:Ruwanwella
Parliament3:Ceylon
Term Start3:July 1960
Term End3:December 1969
Predecessor3:H. G. Somabandu
Successor3:Athauda Seneviratne
Parliament4:Sri Lanka
Term Start4:July 1977
Term End4:May 1988
Predecessor4:Athauda Seneviratne
Birth Name:Prema Chandra Imbulana
Birth Date:1920 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Ruwanwella, Sri Lanka
Occupation:Politician
Party:United National Party
Alma Mater:Trinity College, Kandy

Prema Chandra Imbulana (18 October 1920  - 28 September 2012) was a Sri Lankan politician who was elected to the Ceylonese Parliament representing Ruwanwella and served as the Minister of Labour. He was appointed as the first Governor of Uva Province and subsequently the second Governor of Central Province.[1]

Imbulana was born in Ruwanwella on 18 October 1920, the son of Kuruvitaarachchilage Martin Appuhamy Imbulama, the village headman. He attended Trinity College, Kandy.[2] [3] [4] Prema was elected as the youngest Village Council Chairman of Ruwanwella and was one of the founding members of the United National Party in 1946. He unsuccessfully ran for parliament in the Ruwanwella Electoral District three times (1947, 1952 and 1960). He was however successful on his fourth attempt at the July 1960 parliamentary elections, receiving over 53% of the vote. Prema was re-elected in 1965 and was made the Deputy Minister of Agriculture in the Dudley Senanayake government. In the Jayewardene government he was appointed Deputy Minister Local Government, Housing and Construction before he was appointed Minister of Labour in the Premadasa cabinet. With the formation of the newly established Provincial Councils Prema was selected in May 1988 as the first Governor of Uva Province a position he retained until January 1990, when on 1 February 1990 he was appointed as the second Governor of Central Province where he served until he retired in May 1994.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliament of Sri Lanka - Imbulana, Prema Chandra . Parliament.lk . 2013-09-06.
  2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF. dead. 17 July 2011. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 28 March 2013.
  3. Web site: Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988. www.worldstatesmen.org. 28 March 2013.
  4. Web site: 1 October 2012 . P.C. Imbulana Passes Away . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160301133309/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2775260581.html . 1 March 2016 . 14 January 2024 . HighBeam Research.