List of governors of Western Province

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]

Governor of Western Province
Incumbent
Roshan Goonatilake
since 24 March 2020
StyleThe Right Honourable
AppointerPresident of Sri Lanka
Term length5 Years
Inaugural holderSuppiah Sharvananda
Formation6 June 1988
Websitesecgov.wpc.gov.lk/en

Governors

  Independent (5)  Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2)  United National Party (3)  Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (1)

No.NamePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeRefs
1Suppiah Sharvananda Independent6 June 198810 June 1994[2]
2Deva Swaminathan United National Party11 July 19941 December 1994[2]
3K. Vignarajah Independent3 January 19952 January 2000[2]
4Pathmanathan Ramanathan Independent21 January 20001 February 2002[2]
5Alavi Moulana Sri Lanka Freedom Party1 February 200223 January 2015[2]
6K. C. Logeswaran Independent23 January 201511 April 2018[2][3][4][5]
7Hemakumara Nanayakkara United National Party12 April 20181 January 2019[6]
8Azath Salley Sri Lanka Freedom Party3 January 20193 June 2019[7]
9A. J. M. Muzammil United National Party4 June 201920 November 2019
10Seetha Arambepola Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna21 November 201919 March 2020[8]
11Roshan Goonatilake Independent23 March 2020Incumbent

See also

References