List of Chief Ministers of North Western Province

Chief Minister of North Western Province
Incumbent
Dharmasiri Dassanayake
since 8 September 2015
Board of Ministers of the North Western Province
Style The Honourable
Member of North Western Provincial Council
Appointer Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
Inaugural holder Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Formation 3 February 1988
Website Chief Ministry, North Western Province

The Chief Minister of North Western Province, Sri Lanka is the head of the provincial board of ministers, a body which aids and advises the governor, the head of the provincial government, in the exercise of his executive power.[1] The governor appoints as chief minister the member of the North Western Provincial Council who, in his opinion, commands the support of a majority of that council.[1] The current chief minister is Dharmasiri Dassanayake.

Chief ministers

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party

No. Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Refs
1 Gamini Jayawickrama Perera United National Party 4 May 1988 19 October 1993 [2]
2 G. M. Premachandra Democratic United National Front 19 October 1993 27 August 1994 [2]
3 Nimal Bandara United National Party 27 August 1994 28 January 1999 [2]
4 S. B. Nawinne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 1999 2002 [2]
5 Athula Wijesinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party 2002 3 October 2013 [2]
6 Dayasiri Jayasekara Sri Lanka Freedom Party 3 October 2013 8 September 2015 [3][4][5][2]
7 Dharmasiri Dassanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 8 September 2015 [6][7][8][2]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Chapter XVIIA". Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL Notification made by the Governor North Western Province" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1831/06. 7 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Video: New Chief Ministers". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 3 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Edirisinghe, Dasun (4 October 2013). "Dayasiri, Ekanayake sworn in as CMs". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  6. ↑ "PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL Notification made by the Governor of North Western Province" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/48. 16 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Ramakrishnan, T. (8 September 2015). "Sri Lanka: Two Chief Ministers appointed". The Hindu.
  8. ↑ Edirisinghe, Dasun (9 September 2015). "President appoints two new Chief Ministers". The Island (Sri Lanka).
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