List of Chief Ministers of Western Province

The Chief Minister of Western Province, Sri Lanka is the head of the provincial board of ministers, a body which aids and advises 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 Western Provincial Council who, in his opinion, commands the support of a majority of that council.[1] The current chief minister is Isura Devapriya.

Chief Minister of Western Province
Incumbent
Isura Devapriya
since 8 September 2015
Board of Ministers of the Western Province
StyleThe Honourable
Member ofWestern Provincial Council
AppointerK. C. Logeswaran
Inaugural holderSusil Moonesinghe
Formation3 February 1988
WebsiteWestern Provincial Council

Chief ministers

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party

No. Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Refs
1 Susil Moonesinghe United National Party 9 June 1988 16 March 1993 [2]
2 Chandrika Kumaratunga Sri Lanka Freedom Party 21 May 1993 21 August 1994 [2]
3 Morris Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 August 1994 11 July 1995 [2]
4 Susil Premajayanth Sri Lanka Freedom Party 13 July 1995 June 1998 [2]
Vacant June 1998 April 1999 [2]
(4) Susil Premajayanth Sri Lanka Freedom Party April 1999 9 November 2000 [2]
5 Reginald Cooray Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 November 2000 22 June 2005 [2]
6 Nandana Mendis Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 June 2005 3 July 2005 [2]
(5) Reginald Cooray Sri Lanka Freedom Party 3 July 2005 4 May 2009 [2]
7 Prasanna Ranatunga Sri Lanka Freedom Party 4 May 2009 1 September 2015 [2][3][4]
8 Isura Devapriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party 8 September 2015 [2][5][6][7]
Vacant 26 April 2019 [2]

Living former chief ministers

References
  1. "The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Chapter XVIIA". Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  2. "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. "People 'do not vote for pledges'". BBC SInhala. 4 May 2009.
  4. "MR picks WPC ministers: Prasanna CM Duminda, Thilanga, Reginald overlooked". The Island (Sri Lanka). 5 May 2009.
  5. "PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors WESTERN PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL Appointments by the Governor of the Western Province" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/70. 18 September 2015.
  6. Warnakulasuriya, Deepal (8 September 2015). "Western & Wayamba Provinces get new Chief Ministers". The Nation (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  7. "New chief ministers appointed for Western and North Western Provinces". Colombo Page. 8 September 2015.
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