Chief ministers in Sri Lanka are elected heads of the provincial boards of ministers,bodies which aid and advice the governors,the heads of the provincial government,in the exercise of their executive power. The governor appoints as chief minister a member of the provincial council who,in his opinion,commands the support of a majority of that council. There are nine chief ministerial positions in the country,out of which only six are currently occupied,while 3 are vacant and under the governor's direct rule.
Mohan Saliya Ellawala was the fifth governor of Sabaragamuwa Province in Sri Lanka from 2 October 2008,until his death in May 2009. He had previously been the seventh Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa serving from 13 December 2001,until 16 July 2004.
Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. The current Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation,she is a Member of Parliament from the Ratnapura District.
The following lists notable events that took place during 2010 in Sri Lanka.
Seyed Ahmed Seyed Alavi Moulana was a Sri Lankan politician,who entered politics in 1948 as a trade unionist. He was the 5th Governor of Western Province,having assumed office on 1 February 2002. He was a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party,Cabinet Minister of Labour,and a councillor in the Colombo Municipal Council. He was the Senior Vice-President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and was also a social and religious worker. He also served as acting Governor for Sabaragamuwa in 2009.
Deshamanya Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the provincial governor of the Central Province and North Central Province;cabinet minister of communications in Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake's government;cabinet minister of cultural affairs under President J. R. Jayewardene's government and member of parliament.
Samarakoon Mudiyanselage Ranjith known as S. M. Ranjith is the fifth Chief Minister of the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and part of the United People's Freedom Alliance.
Tikiri Banda Kobbekaduwa is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the 8th Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka from 21 November 2019 to 10 June 2023. He previously served as 8th Governor of the Central Province of Sri Lanka from 16 December 2005 to 19 January 2015. He was the chief organiser of Sri Lanka Freedom Party to the Yatinuwara Electoral. He is the nephew of former Agriculture Minister Hector Kobbekaduwa.
Provincial governments of Sri Lanka are the devolved governments of the nine Provinces of Sri Lanka. In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution,provinces have legislative power over a variety of matters including agriculture,education,health,housing,local government,planning,road transport and social services. The constitution also gives them powers over police and land but successive central governments have refused to devolve these powers to the provinces.
Abeyratne Bandara Herath Pilapitiya is a former Sri Lankan politician who served as the 3rd Governor of Uva and 2nd Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa.
The following lists notable events that took place during the year 2015 in Sri Lanka.
The following lists events that happened during 1989 in Sri Lanka.
The following lists events that happened during 1988 in Sri Lanka.
The following lists events that happened during 1991 in Sri Lanka.
The following lists events that happened during 1997 in Sri Lanka.
The following lists notable events that occurred and which took place during 2017 in Sri Lanka.
Nalanda Sampath Ellawala was a Sri Lankan politician. He was assassinated in 1997 at aged 29.
