List of Chief Ministers of Eastern Province

Chief Minister of Eastern Province
Flag of Eastern Province
Incumbent Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen since 6 February 2015
Board of Ministers of the Eastern Province
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Eastern Provincial Council
Appointer	Austin Fernando
Precursor	Chief Minister of the North Eastern Province
Inaugural holder	S. Chandrakanthan
Formation	1 January 2007
Website	Eastern Province Chief Minister's Secretariat

The Chief Minister of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka is the head of the provincial board of ministers, a body which aids and advices 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 Eastern Provincial Council who, in his opinion, commands the support of a majority of that council.^[1] The current chief minister is Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen.

Chief ministers

      Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi       Sri Lanka Freedom Party       Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

No.	Name		Portrait	Party	Took office	Left office	Refs
		Vacant [N 1]			1 January 2007	16 May 2008
1		Chandrakanthan, SivanesathuraiSivanesathurai Chandrakanthan		Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal	16 May 2008	18 September 2012	[2][3][4][5]
2		Majeed, M. N. AbdulM. N. Abdul Majeed		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	18 September 2012	6 February 2015	[6][7][5]
3		Zainulabdeen, Ahamed NazeerAhamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen		Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	6 February 2015		[8][9][10][5]

Living former chief ministers

• Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan
• M. N. Abdul Majeed

Notes

1. Governed directly by the Central government

References

1. "The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Chapter XVIIA". Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka.
2. "PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors APPOINTMENT OF EASTERN PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1552/19. 5 June 2008.
3. "Pillayan sworn in as CM for Eastern Province". TamilNet. 16 May 2008.
4. Reddy, B. Muralidhar (17 May 2008). "Pillayan sworn in Chief Minister". The Hindu.
5. "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
6. "PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors APPOINTMENT OF EASTERN PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1777/10. 24 September 2012.
7. "Majeed sworn in as Eastern CM". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 18 September 2012.
8. "PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors EASTERN PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL Appointment" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1901/13. 11 February 2015.
9. "New EP Chief Minister takes oaths". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 6 February 2015.
10. Ferdinando, Shamindra (7 February 2015). "SLMC takes East CM’s post amidst Kalmunai turmoil". The Island (Sri Lanka).

External links

• Eastern Province Chief Minister's Secretariat