List of Chief Ministers of Southern Province

Chief Minister of Southern Province

Incumbent
Shan Wijayalal De Silva
since 16 July 2004
Board of Ministers of the Southern Province
Style The Honourable
Member of Southern Provincial Council
Appointer Kingsley Wickramaratne
Inaugural holder M. S. Amarasiri
Formation 3 February 1988
Website Southern Provincial Council

The Chief Minister of Southern Province, Sri Lanka is the head of the provincial board of ministers, a body which aids and advices the governor, the head of the provincial government, in the exercise of his executive power.[1] The governor appoints as chief minister the member of the Southern Provincial Council who, in his opinion, commands the support of a majority of that council.[1] The current chief minister is Shan Wijayalal De Silva.

Chief ministers

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party

No. Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Refs
1 Amarasiri, M. S.M. S. Amarasiri United National Party 16 June 1988 October 1993 [2]
2 Dodangoda, AmarasiriAmarasiri Dodangoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party October 1993 January 1994 [2]
Vacant January 1994 March 1994 [2]
(2) Dodangoda, AmarasiriAmarasiri Dodangoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party March 1994 September 1994 [2]
3 Abeywardena, Mahinda YapaMahinda Yapa Abeywardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party September 1994 21 December 2001 [2]
4 Sirisena, H. G.H. G. Sirisena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 21 December 2001 16 July 2004 [2]
5 De Silva, Shan WijayalalShan Wijayalal De Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 16 July 2004 [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Chapter XVIIA". Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
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