William Gopallawa was the last Governor-General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972 and the first and only non-executive President of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1978,when Ceylon declared itself a republic and changed its name to Sri Lanka.
Matale is a major city in Central Province,Sri Lanka. It is the administrative capital and largest urbanised city of Matale District. Matale is also the second largest urbanised and populated city in Central Province. It is located at the heart of the Central Highlands,of the island and lies in a broad,green fertile valley at an elevation of 364 m (1,194 ft) above sea level. Surrounding the city are the Knuckles Mountain Range,the foothills were called Wiltshire by the British. They have also called this place as Matelle.
The Central Province is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka. The province has an area of 5,674 km2 and a population of 2,421,148,making it the 2nd most populated province. The city of Kandy is the capital of the province.
Sajith Premadasa is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current Leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka and Member of Parliament for Colombo District. He is the current leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya.
Mahinda Nandimithra Ekanayake is a Sri Lankan politician.
Janaka Bandara Tennakoon is a Sri Lankan politician,a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former Cabinet Minister. He was educated at Dharmaraja College,Kandy. He contested as the Group Leader of the Matale District of the Central Province and was elected to the Provincial Council with a majority of Proportional Votes in 1993;Elected as a Member of Parliament with a majority of proportional votes in the General Election of 1994;Elected as a Member of Parliament from the District of Matale with the majority of proportional votes in the general election of 2000. He also previously served as the Minister of Lands and Land Development and Minister of Public Services,Provincial Councils and Local Government.
Sir Richard Aluwihare,was a Sri Lankan civil servant. He was the first Ceylonese Inspector General of Police and Ceylon's High Commissioner to India.
Matale electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Matale in the Central province. The district currently elects five of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 342,684 registered electors in 2010.
Wasantha Aluwihare is a Sri Lankan politician from Matale and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka belonging to the United National Party. He is the current State Minister of Agriculture in the United National Party led unity government,He was earlier the Chief Minister of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. He is the son of Alick Aluwihare and brother of Ranjith Aluwihare. He also served as the Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment before given the state ministry.
Uda Walawwe Bernard Herbert Aluwihare also known as Bernard Aluwihare was a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician who served in both the State Council of Ceylon and Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was a Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament from Matale. He became the Minister for Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs in Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet in 1960.
Wanisekara Bandaranayake Wasala Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Aluwihare Uda Walauwe Alick Aluwihare was a Sri Lankan politician belonging to the United National Party. He was a Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister. He was a Minister of Post &Telecommunication and Minister of Ports &Shipping in the Premadasa cabinet. He was the Home Affairs and Local Government Minister in the Ranil Wickramasinghe Cabinet in 2001. He was elected to the Sri Lankan Parliament Eight Times from Matale Electoral District.
Imthiaz Bakeer Markar (Sinhala:ඉම්තියාස්බාකීර්මාකාර්is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He is a Member of Parliament from the National List of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya,he was a former Cabinet Minister of Media,Postal and Telecommunications from 2001 to 2004;State Minister of Housing from 1989 to 1993 and member of the parliament from the Kalutara District from 1989 to 2004. Bakeer Markar had served as the former Chairman of the National Media Centre and the former Vice President of the United National Party.
Mohamed Ehuttar Hadjiar Maharoof was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.
Ena de Silva was a notable Sri Lankan artist,credited with re-establishing the country's batik industry. She was renowned for her skillsets in the design of batiks and handicrafts and played a pivotal role in reviving the arts and crafts in Sri Lanka.
Vithanage Tergin Nanayakkara was a Ceylonese politician.
Palahennedi Hewage Charles Silva was a rubber plantation owner and a Ceylonese politician.
The Matale Municipal Council is the local council for Matale. It is a large regional city located in the heart of island's central hills,it is the capital and largest city in Matale district.
Hettiarachchige Nimal Chandrasoma Karunatillake was a Ceylonese journalist,author and politician.
Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon is a Sri Lankan politician,former Cabinet Minister,former provincial minister and Member of Parliament. He served as the Minister of Ports and Shipping in the Cabinet of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
