List of Governors of North Western Province
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The Governor of North Western
, Sri Lanka
has the management of the North Western Provincial Council. Some of its key functions include exercising powers vested in the Governor by the Provincial Council Act No. 42 of 1987 amended by Act No. 28 of 1990 and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
North Western Province, Sri Lanka
North Western Province is a province of Sri Lanka. The districts of Kurunegala and Puttalam formulate Wayamba. Its capital is Kurunegala, which has a population of 28,571. The province is known mainly for its numerous coconut plantations. Other main towns in this province are Chilaw and Puttalam...
, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
has the management of the North Western Provincial Council. Some of its key functions include exercising powers vested in the Governor by the Provincial Council Act No. 42 of 1987 amended by Act No. 28 of 1990 and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
Governors
| No. | |Took Office | Karunasena Kodituwakku Karunasena Kodituwakku Karunasena Kodituwakku is a Sri Lankan politician and former academic and diplomat. He is a former government Cabinet Minister for Human Resource Development, Education, and Cultural Affairs and a former Governor of the North Western Province... | 13 October 1993 | 7 July 1994 |
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| 4 | Ananda De Alwis | 8 July 1994 | 12 January 1995 | |
| 5 | Hector Arawwawala | 13 January 1995 | 3 January 1999 | |
| 6 | Siripala Jayaweera | 3 January 1999 | 30 April 2004 | |
| 7 | Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi | 30 April 2004, | 5 October 2007 | |
| 8 | Tissa Balalla | 5 October 2007 | Present |