List of Chief Ministers of Sabaragamuwa

Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa Province

Incumbent
Maheepala Herath
since 25 July 2004
Board of Ministers of the Sabaragamuwa
Style The Honourable
Member of Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council
Appointer Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
Inaugural holder G. V. Punchinilame
Formation 3 February 1988
Website Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council

The Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa 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 Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council who, in his opinion, commands the support of a majority of that council.[1] The current chief minister is Maheepala Herath.

Chief ministers

      Sri Lanka Freedom Party       United National Party

No. Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Refs
1 Punchinilame, G. V.G. V. Punchinilame United National Party April 1988 April 1989 [2]
2 Pilapitiya, AbeyratneAbeyratne Pilapitiya United National Party 10 April 1989 March 1993 [2]
3 Podinilame, JayatilakeJayatilake Podinilame United National Party March 1993 June 1998 [2]
Vacant June 1998 April 1999 [2]
4 Gunatilleke, KanthaKantha Gunatilleke Sri Lanka Freedom Party April 1999 June 1999 [2]
5 Seneviratne, AthaudaAthauda Seneviratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party June 1999 October 2000 [2]
6 Jayawardena, AsokaAsoka Jayawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party October 2000 13 December 2001 [2]
7 Ellawala, MohanMohan Ellawala Sri Lanka Freedom Party 13 December 2001 25 July 2004 [2]
8 Herath, MaheepalaMaheepala Herath Sri Lanka Freedom Party 25 July 2004 [2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Chapter XVIIA". Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE HONOURABLE GOVERNOR OF SABARAGAMUWA PROVINCE" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1353/04. 9 August 2004.

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