List of chief ministers of North Western Province

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Chief Minister of North Western Province
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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
Formation3 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.

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Chief ministers

   Sri Lanka Freedom Party    United National Party    Democratic United National Front

No.NamePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeRefs
1 Gamini Jayawickrama Perera United National Party 4 May 198819 October 1993 [2]
2 G. M. Premachandra Democratic United National Front 19 October 199327 August 1994 [2]
3 Nimal Bandara United National Party 27 August 199428 January 1999 [2]
4 S. B. Nawinne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 19992002 [2]
5 Athula Wijesinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party 20023 October 2013 [2]
6 Dayasiri Jayasekara Sri Lanka Freedom Party 3 October 20138 September 2015 [3] [4] [5] [2]
7 Dharmasiri Dassanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 8 September 2015 [6] [7] [8] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Chapter XVIIA". Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  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. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  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.[ permanent dead link ]
  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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