Postmaster General of Sri Lanka
The Postmaster General of Sri Lanka is the appointed head of Sri Lanka Post, which is a government department. The current Postmaster General is D. L. P. Rohana Abhayaratne.
History
In 1815, the British took control of the entire country. They re-organised the postal service and a permanent Post Office was established in Colombo in 1882. The first Post Master General of Ceylon was A. Kennedy an Army Officer. However as far back as 1815 there has been Post Master Generals'; E. Bletterman was the PMG for the whole island. Thereafter in 1817 Lewis Sansoni succeeded Bletterman as the second Postmaster General. The third Postmaster General was Major. G. Stewart and during his period he was instrumental in extending the postal services to major towns in the country.
List of Postmaster Generals of Sri Lanka
| # | Inspector General | Took office | Left office | Appointed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egbert Bletterman | 1815 | 1817 | Robert Brownrigg | first official Postmaster General |
| 2 | Louis Sansoni | 1817 | 1826 | ||
| 3 | George William Stewart | 1826 | 1833 | Edward Barnes | |
| 4 | George Lee | 1833 | 1860 | Robert Wilmot-Horton | longest serving Postmaster General |
| 5 | W. Barton | 1860 | 1867 | ||
| 6 | Herbert Webb Gillman | 1867 | 1871 | Hercules Robinson | |
| 7 | Thomas Edward Barnes Skinner | 1871 | 1896 | ||
| 8 | Charles Edward Ducat Pennycuick | 1896 | 1899 | Joseph West Ridgeway | |
| 9 | Henry Luttrell Moysey | 1900 | 1906 | ||
| 10 | Arthur Sampson Pagden | 1906 | 1913 | Henry Arthur Blake | |
| 11 | Francis Jagoe Smith | 1913 | 1923 | Reginald Edward Stubbs | |
| 12 | Maurice Salvador Sreshta | 1923 | 1928 | William Henry Manning | first non-European Postmaster General |
| 13 | H. A. Burden | 1929 | 1933 | Herbert Stanley | |
| 14 | J. R. Walters | 1934 | 1940 | Reginald Edward Stubbs | |
| 15 | John Pringle Appleby | 1940 | 1947 | Andrew Caldecott | |
| 15 | Abdon Ignatius Perera | 1947 | 1951 | Henry Monck-Mason Moore | first Ceylonese Postmaster General |
| 16 | Victor A. Nicholas | 1951 | 1956 | ||
| 17 | H. E. Seneviratne | 1956 | 1961 | ||
| 18 | D. G. Dayaratne | 1961 | 1962 | ||
| 19 | A. S. Kohomban-Wickrema | 1962 | 1964 | ||
| 20 | A. L. Perera | 1964 | 1968 | ||
| 21 | G. E. de S. Ellawala | 1968 | 1968 | ||
| 22 | Vernon Abeysekera | 1969 | 1970 | ||
| 23 | C. J. Serasinghe | 1970 | 1973 | ||
| 24 | A. R. M. Jayawardene | 1973 | 1980 | ||
| 25 | A. P. Hapudeniya | 1980 | 1984 | ||
| 26 | U. W. Bandara | 1985 | 1986 | ||
| 27 | A. B. Damunupola | 1986 | - | ||
| 28 | K. A. S. Senadheera | ||||
| 29 | M. K. B. Dissanayake | 2008 | 2012 | ||
| 30 | D. L. P. Rohana Abhayaratne | 2012 | present | ||