Provinces of Sri Lanka

 

Central

 

 

Governors

01 Jun 1988 - 31 Jan 1990 Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle .... 1919-2009

01 Feb 1990 -    May 1994 P.C Imbuulana

   May 1994 -    May 1998 E.L Senanayake ................ 1921-2000

   May 1998 - 31 Jan 2000 Stanley Tillekeratne .......... 1928-2005

01 Feb 2000 - 2001        Tudor Karunatilleke Dassanayke  19..-2006

       2001 - 27 Jun 2002 Kiri Banda Ratnayake .......... 1923-2004

27 Jun 2002 - 16 Dec 2005 Montgomery Gopallawa .......... 1941-2005

16 Dec 2005 -             Tikiri Banda Kobbekaduwa

 

Chief Ministers

09 Jun 1988 -    Jun 1998 W.M.P.B Dissanayake ........... 1927-2003

                          (1st Time)

   Jun 1999 - 06 Nov 2000 Nandimithra Ekanayake

06 Nov 2000 - 30 Apr 2002 Sarath Ekanayake

                          (1st Time)

01 May 2002 - 19 May 2003 W.M.P.B Dissanayake

                          (2nd Time)

19 May 2003 - 18 Jul 2004 Wasantha Aluvihare

19 Jul 2004 -             Sarath Ekanayake 

                          (2nd Time)

 

Eastern

 

 

Governor

01 Jan 2007 -             Mohan Wijewickrama

 

Chief Minister

16 May 2008 - 18 Sep 2012 Sivanesathuri Chandrakanthan

18 Sep 2012 -             Mohammed Najeeb Abdul Majeed

 

 

Northern

 

01 Oct 1983 - 31 Dec 2006 North Eastern province

01 Jan 2007               Divided in to Eastern and Northern provinces

15 May 2009               Tamil separatist insurgency is quashed

 

Governors

30 Nov 1988 - 30 Nov 1993 Nalin Seneviratne

01 Dec 1993 - 23 Aug 1994 Lionel Fernando

15 Jan 1995 - 20 Oct 1998 Gamini Fonseka ................ 1936-2004

20 Oct 1998 - 30 Nov 2004 Asoka Jayawardena

06 Dec 2004 - 20 Jan 2006 Tyronne Fernando .............. 1941-2008

20 Jan 2006 - 03 Jul 2008 Mohan Wijewickrema

03 Jul      - 10 Oct 2008 Victor Perera

10 Oct 2008 - 12 Jul 2009 Dickson Sarathchandra Dela

12 Jul 2009 - 15 Jan 2015 G.A. Chandrasiri .............. 1954-

15 Jan 2015 -             H.M.G.S Palihakkara

 

 

Chief Ministers

10 Dec 1988 - 10 Mar 1990 Varatharaja Perumal

07 Oct 2013 -             Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam

                           Vigneswaran .................. 1939-

 

 

Leader of LTTE

15 Jul 1983 - 18 May 2009 Velupillai Prabhakaran ........ 1954-2009

 

North Central 

 

 

Governors

   May 1988 - 11 May 1989 D.B Welagedera

11 May 1989 - 10 May 1994 E.L Senanayake ................ 1921-2000

11 May      - 07 Sep 1994 Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle .... 1919-2009

07 Sep 1994 - 12 Jul 1998 Maithripala Senanayake ........ 1916-1998

12 Jul 1998 - 27 Aug 2003 G.M.S Samaraweera ............. 1937-2006

27 Aug 2003 - 13 Nov 2006 Jagath Balasuriya

13 Nov 2006 -             Karunarathna Divulgane

 

Chief Ministers

08 May 1988 - 02 May 1996 G.D Mahindasoma

02 May 1996 -    Jun 1998 Jayasena Dissanayake

   Jun 1998 - 15 Apr 1999 Jayani Dissanayake

   Jun 1999 - 24 Sep 2012 Berty Premalal Dissanayake .... 1954-2013

24 Sep 2012 - 28 Jan 2015 S.M. Ranjith

28 Jan 2015 -             Peshala Jayaratne

 

 

North Western

 

 

Governors

01 Jun 1988 - 31 Jan 1989 Dingiri Banda Wijetunge ....... 1922-2008

01 Feb 1989 - 13 Oct 1993 Montague Jayawickrama

13 Oct 1993 - 07 Jul 1994 Karunasena Kodituwakku ........ 1945-

07 Jul 1994 - 12 Jan 1995 Ananda De Alwis

13 Jan 1995 - 03 Jan 1999 Hector Arawwawala

03 Jan 1999 - 30 Apr 2004 Siripala Jayaweera

30 Apr 2004 - 05 Oct 2007 Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi ...... 1920-2007

05 Oct 2007 - 23 Jan 2015 Tissa Reginald Balalla

23 Jan 2015 -             Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake

 

 

Chief Ministers

04 May 1988 - 19 Oct 1993 Gamini Jayawickrema Perera .... 1941-

19 Oct 1993 - 27 Aug 1994 G.M Premachandra .............. 1940-1994

27 Aug 1994 - 28 Jan 1999 R. Nimal Bandara

28 Jan 1999 - 2002        Seneviratne Bandara Nawinne ... 1946-

       2002 - 03 Oct 2013 Athula Kumara Wijesinghe

03 Oct 2013 -             Dayasiri Jayasekara ........... 1969-

 

 

Sabaragamuwa

 

 

Governors

01 May 1988 - 1993        Noel Wimalasena

       1993 - 09 Jun 2005 C.N Saliya Mathew

09 Jun 2005 -    Feb 2008 Reginald Padmasena Ratanunge ... 1937-2008

22 Feb      - 02 Oct 2008 Dickson Sarathchandra Dela

02 Oct 2008 - 12 May 2009 Mohan Saliya Ellawala .......... 1948-2009

05 Jun 2009 - 21 Apr 2010 Janaka Priyantha Bandara

21 Apr 2010 -             W.J.M Lokubandara

 

Chief Ministers

01 May 1988 - 10 Apr 1989 G.V Punchinilame

10 Apr 1989 -    Mar 1993 Abeyratne Pilapitya

   Mar 1993 -    Jun 1998 H. Jayatilake Podinilame

   Jun 1998 -    Jun 1999 Kantha Gunatilleke

   Jun 1999 -    Oct 2000 Athauda Seneviratne

   Oct 2000 - 13 Dec 2001 Asoka Jayawardena

13 Dec 2001 - 16 Jul 2004 Mohan Saliya Ellawala

16 Dec 2004 -             Mahipala Herath

 

 

Southern

 

 

Governors

13 Jun 1988 -    Dec 1993 Mohamed Abdul Bakeer Markar ..... 1917-1997

   Dec 1993 - 31 Dec 1994 Leslie Mervyn Jayaratna

01 Jan 1995 - 20 Sep 1999 Neville Kanakaratne ............. 1923-1999

20 Sep 1999 - 31 Jan 2002 Ananda Dassanayake

01 Feb 2002 - 23 Oct 2006 Kingsley Tissa Wickramarathe

23 Oct 2006 - 23 Jan 2015 Kumari Balasuriya

23 Jan 2015 -             Hemakumara Nanayakkara

 

 

Chief Ministers

16 Jun 1988 -    Oct 1993 Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri ..... 1925-2007

   Oct 1993 -    Sep 1994 Amarasiri Dodangoda ............. 1942-2009

   Sep 1994 - 21 Dec 2001 Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena

21 Dec 2001 - 18 Jul 2004 H.G Sirisena

18 Jul 2004 -             Shan Wijelal de Silva

 

 

Uve 

 

 

Governors

   May 1988 -    Feb 1990 P.C Imbulana

   Feb 1990 -    Mar 1993 Tilak Ratnayake

   Mar 1993 -    Dec 1994 Abeyratne Pilapitiya

   Jan 1995 -        1999 Ananda Dassanayake

       1999 - 25 Apr 2003 Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri ..... 1925-2007

25 Apr 2003 -             C. Nanda Mathew

 

Chief Ministers

   May 1988 -    Jun 1998 Percy Samaraweera

   Jun 1998 -    Apr 1999 Nalini Weerawanni

   Apr 1999 - 29 Oct 2001 Samaraweera Weerawanni

29 Oct 2001 - 22 Jul 2004 Aththintha Marakalage Buddhadasa

22 Jul 2004 - 20 Aug 2009 Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa

20 Aug 2009 -             Shashindra Rajapakse

 

 

Western

 

 

Governors

06 Jun 1988 - 16 Mar 1994 Suppiah Sharvananda .............. 1923-2007

16 Mar 1994 - 03 Jan 1995 D.M Swaminathan

03 Jan 1995 - 02 Jan 2000 K. Vignarajah

02 Jan 2000 - 01 Feb 2002 Pathmanathan Ramanathan .......... 1932-2006

01 Feb 2002 - 23 Jan 2015 Alavi Moulana

23 Jan 2015 -             K.C Yogeswaran

 

 

Chief Ministers

09 Jun 1988 - 16 Mar 1993 Susil Kumar Munasinghe ........... 1930-2012

02 Mar 1993 - 22 Aug 1994 Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga

22 Aug 1994 - 11 Jul 1995 Morris Rajapakse

13 Jul 1995 - 09 Nov 2000 A.D Susil Premajayantha

09 Nov 2000 - 22 Jun 2005 Reginald Cooray

                          (1st Time)

22 Jun      - 03 Jul 2005 Nandana Mendis

03 Jul 2005 - 04 May 2009 Reginald Cooray

                          (2nd Time)

04 May 2009 -             Prasana Ranatunga

 

 

City of Colombo

 

 

Mayors

1947 - 1948 R.F.S Del Mel

1948 - 1950 Kumaran Ratnam

1950 - 1951 Sangare Sellamuttu

1951 - 1953 C.T Grero

1953 - 1954 T. Rudra

1954 - 1956 Nanayakkarapathirage Martin Perera

1956 - 1957 V.A Sugathadasa

            (1st Time)

1960 - 1962 Mohamed Haniffa Mohamed

1963 - 1965 V.A Sugathadasa

            (2nd Time)

1965 - 1966 M. Vincent Perera

            (1st Time)

1966 - 1969 Jabir H. Cader

1970 - 1974 M. Vincent Perera

            (2nd Time)

1974 - 1977 Abdul Hameed Mohammad Fowzie

1979 - 1989 B. Sirisena Cooray

1989 - 1991 Mahud Hussain Mohamad

1991 - 1994 Ratnasiri Rajapakse

1994 - 1997 Karu Ganeshalingam

1997 - 1999 Deshabandu Karu Jayasuriya

1999 - 2002 Omar Kamil

2002 - 2006 Prasanna Gunawardena

2006 - 2010 Uvais Mohamad Imitiyas

2010 -      Ahamad Jamaldeen Mohammed Muzammil