List of governors of Western Province
Governor of the Western Province
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The governor of the Western Province of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Basnāhira palāth āndukāravarayā), is responsible for the management of the Western 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]
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| Governor of Western Province | |
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| බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා | |
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since 25 September 2024 | |
| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Appointer | |
| Term length |
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| Inaugural holder | Suppiah Sharvananda |
| Formation | 6 June 1988 |
| Website | secgov |
Governors
Independent (6) United National Party (3) Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2) Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (1)
| No. | Name | Portrait | Party | Took office | Left office | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suppiah Sharvananda | .jpg) |
Independent | 6 June 1988 | 10 June 1994 | [2] | |
| 2 | Deva Swaminathan |  |
United National Party | 11 July 1994 | 1 December 1994 | [2] | |
| 3 | K. Vignarajah |  |
Independent | 3 January 1995 | 2 January 2000 | [2] | |
| 4 | Pathmanathan Ramanathan | |
Independent | 21 January 2000 | 1 February 2002 | [2] | |
| 5 | Alavi Moulana | |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1 February 2002 | 23 January 2015 | [2] | |
| 6 | K. C. Logeswaran | |
Independent | 23 January 2015 | 11 April 2018 | [2][3][4][5] | |
| 7 | Hemakumara Nanayakkara | |
United National Party | 12 April 2018 | 1 January 2019 | [6] | |
| 8 | Azath Salley | |
National Unity Alliance | 3 January 2019 | 3 June 2019 | [7] | |
| 9 | A. J. M. Muzammil | |
United National Party | 4 June 2019 | 20 November 2019 | ||
| 10 | Seetha Arambepola | |
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 21 November 2019 | 19 March 2020 | [8] | |
| 11 | Roshan Goonatilake | |
Independent | 23 March 2020 | 25 September 2024 | ||
| 12 | Hanif Yusuf | |
NPP | 25 September 2024 | Incumbent | [9] | |