List of governors of Eastern Province explained

The governor of the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka (si|නැගෙනහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Nægenahira palāth āndukāravarayā), is the head of the provincial government and exercises executive power over subjects devolved to the Eastern Provincial Council.^[1] The governor is appointed by the president of Sri Lanka for a period of five years.^[1] The current governor is Jayantha Lal Ratnasekera.^{[2] [3]}

Governors

Parties

No.	Name		class=unsortable	Portrait	Party	Took office	Left office	class=unsortable	Refs
1				Independent			[4] [5]
2				Independent			[6] [7] [8]
3				Sri Lanka Freedom Party			[9] [10] [11]
4		M. L. A. M. Hizbullah		United People's Freedom Alliance	3 January 2019	3 June 2019
5		Shan Wijayalal De Silva		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	5 June 2019	20 November 2019
6		Anuradha Yahampath		Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	4 December 2019	15 May 2023
7	align="center" style="background:; color:white;"		Senthil Thondaman		Ceylon Workers' Congress	17 May 2023	23 September 2024
8	align="center" style="background:; color:white;"		Jayantha Lal Ratnasekera		Independent	25 September 2024	Incumbent	[12]

External links

• Eastern Provincial Council

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Chapter XVIIA. Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat. Colombo, Sri Lanka. https://web.archive.org/web/20160502160931/http://www.priu.gov.lk/Cons/1978Constitution/Chapter_17A_Amd.html. 2 May 2016.
2. Web site: You are being redirected... . 2024-09-26 . www.dailynews.lk.
3. Web site: 2024-09-25 . New Provincial Governors Appointed in Sri Lanka . 2024-09-26 . Lanka Sara . en-US.
4. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President. 5 January 2007. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1478/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 31 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20111121205927/http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2007/pdf/Jan/1478_26/1478_26E.pdf. 21 November 2011. dead.
5. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President. 4 January 2012. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1739/16. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
6. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President. 2 February 2015. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1900/09. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150208150847/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Feb/1900_09/1900_09%20E.pdf. 8 February 2015. dead.
7. News: Austin, Ellawala new Governors. 4 July 2017. The Daily Mirror. 27 January 2015. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
8. News: Six Provincial Governors take oaths. 4 July 2017. The Nation. 27 January 2015. Colombo, Sri Lanka. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307032653/http://www.nation.lk/edition/breaking-news/item/37782-six-provincial-governors-take-oaths.html. 7 March 2016. dead.
9. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President. 6 July 2017. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 2026/34. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
10. News: Austin President’s Secy., Bogollagama Eastern Governor. 4 July 2017. The Daily Mirror. 4 July 2017. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
11. News: Yapa. Ayshwarya. Austin Fernando sworn in as Presidential Secretary. 4 July 2017. Ada Derana. 4 July 2017. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
12. Web site: New Governors appointed by the President . 2024-09-25 . adaderana.lk . en.