List of chief ministers of Uva Province

Chief Minister of Uva Province
Flag of Uva Province
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
Formation	3 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]

Chief ministers

   Sri Lanka Freedom Party    United National Party

No.	Name		Portrait	Party	Took office	Left office	Refs
1		Percy Samaraweera		United National Party	May 1988	June 1998	[2]
		Vacant			June 1998	April 1999	[2]
2		Nalini Weerawanni		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	April 1999	April 1999	[2]
3		Samaraweera Weerawanni		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	April 1999	29 October 2001	[2]
4		Aththintha Marakalage Buddhadasa		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	29 October 2001	22 July 2004	[2]
5		Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 July 2004	20 August 2009	[2]
6		Shasheendra Rajapaksa		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	20 August 2009	14 January 2015	[2]
7		Harin Fernando		United National Party	14 January 2015	September 2015	[2] [3] [4] [5]
8		Chamara Sampath Dassanayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	15 September 2015	9 October 2019	[2] [6] [7] [8]
Vacant					9 October 2019

References

• "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org.

1. "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. "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.

External links

• Uva Provincial Council