Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Governor of Central Bank of
Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Indrajit Coomaraswamy
since 2 July 2016
Member of Monetary Board of Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Appointer President of Sri Lanka
Term length 6 Years
Formation 28 August 1950 (1950-08-28)
First holder John Exter
Website Governors of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka

The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) functions as the chief executive of the Sri Lankan central bank. The post is the ex-officio chairperson of the Monetary Board of Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Since its establishment in 1950, the CBSL has been headed by 14 governors. The governor has two deputies and several assistant governors. The inaugural officeholder was the American John Exter who served the Government of Sri Lanka in helping found the central bank. Arjuna Mahendran, although born in Sri Lanka, held Singaporean citizenship during his term of office. The position is currently held by economist Indrajit Coomaraswamy, who took over from Arjuna Mahendran, who stepped down on 2 July 2016. The term of office last for 6 years.[1]

Governor of the Central Bank

# Governor Took office Left office Appointed by
1John Exter28 August 195030 June 1953D. S. Senanayake
2N. U. Jayawardena1 July 195313 October 1954Dudley Senanayake
3Sir Arthur Ranasinghe14 October 195430 June 1959John Kotelawala
4D. W. Rajapatirana1 July 195930 August 1967S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
5W. Tennekoon31 August 196731 May 1971Dudley Senanayake
6Herbert E. Tennekoon1 July 197122 January 1979Sirimavo Bandaranaike
7Warnasena Rasaputra15 February 197918 November 1988J. R. Jayewardene
8Neville Karunatilake19 November 198830 June 1992
9H. B. Dissanayaka1 July 199214 November 1995Ranasinghe Premadasa
10Amarananda Jayawardena15 November 199530 June 2004Chandrika Kumaratunga
11Sunil Mendis1 July 200430 June 2006
12Ajith Nivard Cabraal1 July 20069 January 2015Mahinda Rajapaksa
13Arjuna Mahendran26 January 201530 June 2016Maithripala Sirisena
14Indrajit Coomaraswamy02 July 2016Present

References

  1. ↑ Ramakrishnan, T. "Indrajit Coomaraswamy new Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
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