List of Governors of Western Province

Governor of Western Province
Incumbent
K. C. Logeswaran
since 23 January 2015
Appointer Maithripala Sirisena
Term length 5 Years
Inaugural holder Suppiah Sharvananda
Formation 6 June 1988
Website Governor's office

The Governor of Western Province, Sri Lanka has the management of the Western 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
1 Suppiah Sharvananda Independent 6 June 1988 10 June 1994 [2]
2 Deva Swaminathan 11 July 1994 1 December 1994 [2]
3 K. Vignarajah 3 January 1995 2 January 2000 [2]
4 Pathmanathan Ramanathan Independent 21 January 2000 1 February 2002 [2]
5 Alavi Moulana Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1 February 2002 23 January 2015 [2]
6 K. C. Logeswaran Independent 23 January 2015 Present [2][3][4][5]

Living former governors

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ep.gov.lk/govindex.asp
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1900/09. 2 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Three new governors appointed". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 23 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "New Governors". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 24 January 2015.

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