List of Governors of North Central Province

The Governor of the North Central Province, Sri Lanka (Sinhala: උතුරු මැද පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Uthuru Mæda palāth āndukāravarayā) is responsible for the management of the North Central Provincial Council. Some of the office's 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] The current governor is Maheepala Herath.

Governor of North Central Province
Flag of North Central Province
Incumbent
Maheepala Herath
since 23 March 2020
AppointerPresident of Sri Lanka
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderDingiri Bandara Welagedara
FormationMay 1988
Websitenc.gov.lk

Governors

  Independent   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Lanka Sama Samaja Party

No. Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Refs
1 Dingiri Bandara Welagedara United National Party May 1988 May 1989 [2]
2 E. L. Senanayake United National Party 11 May 1989 10 May 1994 [2]
3 E. L. B. Hurulle United National Party 11 May 1994 September 1994 [2]
4 Maithripala Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 7 September 1994 12 July 1998 [2]
5 G. M. S. Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1998 27 August 2003 [2]
6 Jagath Balasuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party 27 August 2003 13 November 2006 [2]
7 Karunarathna Divulgane Independent 13 November 2006 27 January 2015 [2]
8 P. B. Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 27 January 2015 11 April 2018 [2][3][4][5]
9 M. P. Jayasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 2018 02 January 2019 [6]
10 Sarath Ekanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 03 January 2019 03 December 2019
11 Tissa Vitharana Lanka Sama Samaja Party 04 December 2019 23 March 2020
10 Maheepala Herath Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 March 2020 Present

See also

References
  1. http://www.ep.gov.lk/govindex.asp
  2. "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2015.
  4. "Austin, Ellawala new Governors". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 27 January 2015.
  5. "Six Provincial Governors take oaths". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  6. "New Governors take oaths before President Sirisena". sundaytimes.lk. The Sunday Times. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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