List of Governors of Southern Province

Governor of Southern Province
Incumbent
Hemakumara Nanayakkara
since 23 January 2015
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
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

  1. ↑ http://www.ep.gov.lk/govindex.asp
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
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