List of Mayors of Kandy
The Mayor of Kandy is the Mayor of (and head of) the Kandy Municipal Council. The post was created in 1866 when the Kandy Municipal Council established by the Municipalities Ordinance of 1865. The officers of the mayor are at the Kandy Town Hall. The mayor's legal title is His worship the Mayor of Kandy.
List of Mayors
| Name | Date of office | notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Cuda Ratwatte Adigar | 1939-40 | First elected mayor of Kandy |
| A. M. Spaar | 1941 | |
| Gate Mudaliyar Naganather Canaganayagam (CBE, JP) | 1942 | |
| Warusahennedige Abraham Bastian Soysa | 1943-44 | |
| A. S. Karunaratna | 1945 | |
| Victor M. Guruswamy | 1946 | |
| Edmund Frederick Lorensz de Silva (MBE) | 1947 | Member of Parliament for Kandy (1954-57) and Ambassador to France (1968-71) |
| A. C. L. Ratwatte (MBE) | 1948 | |
| Warusahennedige Abraham Bastian Soysa | 1949 | |
| Edward Lionel Senanayaka | 1950-54 | Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament and Governor of North Central Province and Central Province |
| Sir Bennet Soysa | 1954-56 | Member of the State Council and the Senate of Ceylon |
| Edward Lionel Senanayaka | 1956-60 | |
| Sir Bennet Soysa | 1961-62 | |
| Noel Wimalasena | 1963 | |
| Edward Lionel Senanayaka | 1964-68 | |
| Sir Bennet Soysa | 1968-70 | |
| Tilak Ratnayake | 1979-90 | Governor of Uva Province (1990-93) |
| Chandra Ranaraja | 1990-91 | |
| Don Edmund Pathirane | 1991-97 | |
| Harindra Dunuwille | 1997-2002 | Member of Parliament (1989-94) and served as the Deputy Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs |
| Kesera D. Senanayake | 2002-06 | |
| L. B. Aluvihare | 2006-10 | |
| Rajapathiranalage Sarath Pushpakumara | 2010-11 | |
| Thushantha Mahindra Ratwatte | 2011-present |
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