List of governors of North Western Province

The governor of the North Western Province of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: වයඹ පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Wayamba palāth āndukāravarayā) is responsible for the management of the North 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]

Governor of North Western Province
Flag of North Western Province
Incumbent Tissa Kumarasiri since 25 September 2024
Appointer	President of Sri Lanka
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Dingiri Banda Wijetunge
Formation	1 June 1988
Website	governor.nw.gov.lk

Governors

Parties

  Independent   United National Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna   Communist Party of Sri Lanka

No.	Name	Portrait	Party		Took office	Left office	Refs
1	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga			United National Party	1 June 1988	31 January 1989	[2]
2	Montague Jayawickrama			United National Party	1 February 1989	13 October 1993	[2]
3	Karunasena Kodituwakku			United National Party	13 October 1993	7 July 1994	[2]
4	Anandatissa de Alwis			United National Party	8 July 1994	12 January 1995	[2]
5	Hector Arawwawala			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	13 January 1995	3 January 1999	[2]
6	Siripala Jayaweera			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	3 January 1999	30 April 2004	[2]
7	Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	30 April 2004	5 October 2007	[2]
8	Tissa Balalla			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	5 October 2007	23 January 2015	[2]
9	Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake			United National Party	23 January 2015	11 April 2018	[2]
10	K. C. Logeswaran			Independent	12 April 2018	4 January 2019	[3]
10	Peshala Jayarathne			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	4 January 2019	21 November 2019	[2]
11	A. J. M. Muzammil			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	21 November 2019	31 August 2020	[2]
12	Raja Collure			Communist Party of Sri Lanka	31 August 2020	7 December 2021	[2]
13	Wasantha Karannagoda			Independent	9 December 2021	17 May 2023	[2]
14	Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	17 May 2023	1 May 2024	[2]
15	Naseer Ahamed			Independent	2 May 2024	23 September 2024	[4]
16	Tissa Kumarasiri			Independent	25 September 2024	Incumbent	[5]

See also

• Chief minister (Sri Lanka)

References

1. ":.Welcome to Eastern Provincial Council - Sri Lanka.:". www.ep.gov.lk. Archived from the original on 2011-01-04.
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.
4. "New Governors appointed to Southern, North Western Provinces". www.news.lk. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
5. "New Governors appointed by the President". adaderana.lk. Retrieved 2024-09-26.

External links

• Office of the Governor
• North Western Provincial Council