Ariya Rekawa

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Ariya Bandara Rekawa (born 19 February 1941) is the 8th and current governor of Uva Province in Sri Lanka. [1]

Rekawa was elected to parliament [2] representing the United National Party in the Kurunegala electorate at the 9th parliamentary election, held on 15 February 1989. [3] Rekawa served as the Deputy Chairman of Committees [4] between 9 March 1989 and 24 June 1994. [5]

He was the ambassador for Sri Lanka for the Philippines [6] from 2001 to 2004.

On 11 May 2018 he was appointed as the Governor of Uva Province.

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References

  1. "Ariya Bandara Rekawa sworn in as new Uva Province Governor".
  2. "Hon. Rekawa, Ariya Bandara, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka . Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009.
  4. "Ariya Bandara Rekawa sworn in as new Uva Province Governor". 11 May 2018.
  5. "Deputy Chairman of Committees". Parliament of Sri Lanka . Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  6. "Ambassador Mr. Ariya B. Rekawa".
Political offices
Preceded by
P. B. Dissanayake
(as Acting Governor)
Governor of Uva
2018
Succeeded by