List of Governors of Southern Province
Governor of Southern Province | |
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Appointer | Maithripala Sirisena |
Term length | 5 years |
Inaugural holder | Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar |
Formation | 13 June 1988 |
Website | Governer's office |
The Governor of Southern Province, Sri Lanka has the management of the Southern Provincial Council. Some of its 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. | Name | Portrait | Party | Took office | Left office | Refs | |
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1 | Abdul Bakeer Markar | United National Party | 13 June 1988 | December 1993 | [2] | ||
2 | Leslie Mervyn Jayaratna | United National Party | December 1993 | December 1994 | [2] | ||
3 | Neville Kanakeratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | January, 1995 | 20 September 1999 | [2] | ||
4 | Ananda Dassanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1999 | 2002 | [2] | ||
5 | Kingsley Wickramaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1 February 2002 | 23 October 2006 | [2] | ||
6 | Kumari Balasuriya | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 October 2006 | 23 January 2015 | [2] | ||
7 | Hemakumara Nanayakkara | United National Party | 23 January 2015 | Present | [2] |
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.ep.gov.lk/govindex.asp
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
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