List of Governors of Southern Province

The Governor of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: දකුණු පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Dakunu palāth āndukāravarayā) is responsible for the management of the Southern 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]

Governor of Southern Province
Incumbent
Willy Gamage
since 21 November 2019
AppointerPresident of Sri Lanka
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderMohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar
Formation13 June 1988
Websitegovernor.sp.gov.lk

Governors

  Independent   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party

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 Jayaratne 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 September 1999 January 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 11 April 2018 [2]
8 Marshal Perera Independent 12 April 2018 09 January 2019 [3]
9 Rajith Keerthi Thennakoon Independent 09 January 2019 03 August 2019
10 Hemal Gunasekara United People's Freedom Alliance 04 August 2019 20 November 2019
11 Willie Gamage Independent 21 November 2019 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. "New Governors take oaths before President Sirisena". sundaytimes.lk. The Sunday Times. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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