List of chief ministers of Uva Province

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Chief Minister of Uva Province
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Incumbent
Vacant
since 9 October 2019
Board of Ministers of the Uva Province
Style The Honourable
Member of Uva Provincial Council
Appointer Governor of Uva Province
Inaugural holder Percy Samaraweera
Formation3 February 1988
Website Uva Provincial Council

The chief minister of Uva 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 Uva Provincial Council who, in his opinion, commands the support of a majority of that council. [1]

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Chief ministers

   Sri Lanka Freedom Party    United National Party

No.NamePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeRefs
1 Percy Samaraweera United National Party May 1988June 1998 [2]
VacantJune 1998April 1999 [2]
2 Nalini Weerawanni Sri Lanka Freedom Party April 1999April 1999 [2]
3 Samaraweera Weerawanni Sri Lanka Freedom Party April 199929 October 2001 [2]
4 Aththintha Marakalage Buddhadasa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 29 October 200122 July 2004 [2]
5 Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 July 200420 August 2009 [2]
6 Shasheendra Rajapaksa Shashindra Rajapaksa.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 20 August 200914 January 2015 [2]
7 Harin Fernando United National Party 14 January 2015September 2015 [2] [3] [4] [5]
8 Chamara Sampath Dassanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 15 September 20159 October 2019 [2] [6] [7] [8]
Vacant
9 October 2019

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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 8 9 "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors APPOINTMENT MADE BY THE GOVERNOR OF UVA PROVINCE" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1897/10. 14 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Rukmal, Prasad (14 January 2015). "Video: Harin sworn in as Uva Chief Minister". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) .
  5. ↑ Gunasekara, Skandha (15 January 2015). "Harin sworn-in as Uva CM". Ceylon Today . Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors UVA PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL Appointment made by the Governor of Uva Province" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/09. 15 September 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Uva gets a new chief". Ceylon Today . 15 September 2015. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Chamara Sampath Dassanayake new Uva CM". The Nation (Sri Lanka) . 15 September 2015. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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