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List of chief ministers of Southern Province

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Chief Minister of Southern Province
since 16 July 2004
Board of Ministers of the Southern Province
StyleThe Honourable
Member ofSouthern Provincial Council
AppointerKingsley Wickramaratne
Inaugural holderM. S. Amarasiri
Formation3 February 1988
WebsiteSouthern 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 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| M. S. Amarasiri United National Party 16 June 1988 October 1993
2 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Amarasiri Dodangoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party October 1993 January 1994
Vacant January 1994 March 1994
(2) !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Amarasiri Dodangoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party March 1994 September 1994
3 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party September 1994 21 December 2001
4 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| H. G. Sirisena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 21 December 2001 16 July 2004
5 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Shan Wijayalal De Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 16 July 2004

Living former chief ministers

References

  • "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org.
  1. ^ a b "The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Chapter XVIIA". Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka.