Darrel Chandra Raja Collure (3 June 1938 –7 December 2021) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Governor of the Uva Province [1] [2] and Governor of the North Western Province until his death in 2021. [3]
He was a member of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka and a former member of the Sri Lanka Parliament. [4]
Collure died from COVID-19 on 7 December 2021,at the age of 83. [3]
Maithripala Senanayake was a Sri Lankan politician and Governor of the North-Central province. He first studied at St. Joseph's College,Anuradhapura then at St. John's Jaffna,where he attained a mastery in the Tamil Language and later at Nalanda College Colombo.
The Legislative Council of Ceylon was the legislative body of Ceylon established in 1833,along with the Executive Council of Ceylon,on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission. It was the first form of representative government in the island. The 1931 Donoughmore Constitution replaced the Legislative Council with the State Council of Ceylon.
Sri Lanka has held several rounds of Provincial Council elections in 2008 and 2009 to elect members to eight of the country’s Provincial Councils. The decision to hold elections in different parts of the country on separate days was a break in the usual practice,which is to hold elections for the whole country on the same day. For each provincial council,members are elected to serve a five-year term. A chief minister for the province is chosen by the elected members.
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena is a Sri Lankan politician who is currently serving as the Governor of the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. A former representative of Matara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka,he served as the cabinet minister of parliamentary affairs,Minister of Media,Deputy Minister of Economic Development,Minister of Foreign Employment Welfare,deputy minister of civil aviation and as the cabinet minister of Investment Promotion. He was the state minister for State Enterprise Development in the government of President Maithripala Sirisena. He has been in parliament from 1994 and 2019.
Ratnayake Mudiyanselage Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake is a Sri Lankan politician and was the 9th Governor of the North Western Province. She was a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister,being the Minister of Woman's affairs in the 2001-2004 United National Party government. She is a longstanding MP of the United National Party for the Wariyapola Electorate. She entered politics from Kurunegala after her husband's death.
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.
Weerasangilige Wimal Weerawansa is a Sri Lankan politician,Member of Parliament and current leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF). Weerawansa has served many cabinet positions,including Minister of Industries from 2020 to 2022,Minister of Small and Medium Business and Enterprise Development,Industries and Supply Chain Management from 2019 to 2020,Minister of Housing and Social Welfare in 2018 and the Minister of Construction and Housing from 2010 to 2015.
Ajith Nivard Cabraal is a Sri Lankan accountant and politician who was also the 16th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. He is also the former State Minister of Finance,Capital Markets and State Enterprise Reforms and a national list member of parliament since 12 August 2020. He served as the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka,holding the post from 1 July 2006 until his resignation on 9 January 2015. He again became the Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka in September 2021,replacing W. D. Lakshman,and resigned again in April 2022.
Vasudeva Nanayakkara is a Sri Lankan left-wing politician,Member of Parliament and presidential candidate in the 1982 and 1999 Sri Lankan presidential elections.
Reginald Cooray was a Sri Lankan teacher and politician. He was a provincial chief minister,a government minister,and governor of the Northern Province. He was briefly governor of the Central Province in April 2018,his tenure lasting less than 24 hours,making it the shortest of any governorship in Sri Lankan history.
Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the seventh Governor of the North Western Province of Sri Lanka and a former member of the Sri Lankan Parliament.
Maha Amarasinghege Anandatissa de Alwis was a Sri Lankan journalist,marketer and politician. He was the Speaker of the National State Assembly,a Minister of State and the fourth Governor of the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. He was a member of the United National Party.
Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Vigneswaran,PC is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer,judge,politician and Member of Parliament. After practising law for more than 15 years,Vigneswaran was a member of the judiciary for 25 years. He was a magistrate and a judge of the District Court,High Court,Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He was Chief Minister of the Northern Province from October 2013 to October 2018. He was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in August 2020. Vigneswaran is leader of the Tamil People's Alliance and the Tamil People's National Alliance.
The following lists events that happened during 1994 in Sri Lanka.
Seetha Arambepola is a Sri Lankan politician,surgeon,and Member of the Parliament from National List. She was the State Minister of Skills Development,Vocational Education,Research and Innovation. Currently she is the State Minister of Health.
H. M. Samanpriya Herath is a Sri Lankan politician,former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.
Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Manjula Wijekoon Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan politician,former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.
H. M. Dharmasiri Bandara Herath is a Sri Lankan politician,Member of Parliament and state minister.
The following lists notable events that took place during the year 2021 in Sri Lanka.
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