Rulers: Sri Lanka
Provinces from 1988
Central
Governors
Jun 1988 - 1 Feb 1990 Edwin Hurulle (b. 1919)
1 Feb 1990 - May 1994 P.C. Imbulana
May 1994 - 1998 E.L. Senanayake (b. 1921 - d. 2000)
1998 - 2000 Stanley Tillekeratne (b. 1928? - d. 2005)
1 Feb 2000 - 2001 T.K. Dassanayake (b. ... - d. 2006)
2001 - 27 Jun 2002 K.B. Ratnayake (b. 1923? - d. 2004)
27 Jun 2002 - 26 Sep 2005 Monty Gopallawa (b. 1942? - d. 2005)
Sep 2005 - 16 Dec 2005 Jagath Balasuriya (acting)
16 Dec 2005 - Tikiri Kobbekaduwa (b. 1955)
Chief ministers
9 Jun 1988 - Jun 1998 W.M.P.B. Dissanayake (1st time) (b. 1927 - d. 2003)
Jun 1998 - Apr 1999 vacant
Apr 1999 - Jun 1999 Sarath Ekanayake (1st time)
Jun 1999 - 6 Nov 2000 Nandimithra Ekanayake
6 Nov 2000 - 30 Apr 2002 Sarath Ekanayake (2nd time)
30 Apr 2002 - 29 May 2003 W.M.P.B. Dissanayake (2nd time) (s.a.)
19 May 2003 - 18 Jul 2004 Wasantha Aluvihare
(acting to 5 Jun 2003 [for Dissanayake to 29 May 2003])
18 Jul 2004 - Sarath Ekanayake (3rd time)
Eastern
1 Jan 2007 created at division of North Eastern province
Governor
1 Jan 2007 - Mohan Wijewickrema
Chief minister
16 May 2008 - Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan (b. 1975)
North Central
Governors
May 1988 - May 1989 D.B. Welagedera
11 May 1989 - 10 May 1994 E.L. Senanayake (b. 1921 - d. 2000)
11 May 1994 - Sep 1994 Edwin Hurulle
7 Sep 1994 - 12 Jul 1998 Maithripala Senanayake (b. 1916 - d. 1998)
1998 - 27 Aug 2003 G.M.S. Samaraweera (b. 1937? - d. 2006)
27 Aug 2003 - 13 Nov 2006 Jagath Balasuriya
13 Nov 2006 - Karunarathna Divulgane
Chief ministers
8 May 1988 - 2 May 1996 G.D. Mahindasoma
2 May 1996 - Jun 1998 Jayasena Dissanayake
Jun 1998 - Apr 1999 vacant
Apr 1999 - Jun 1999 Jayani Dissanayake (f)
Jun 1999 - Berty Premalal Dissanayake
North Eastern
1 Jan 2007 divided into Northern and Eastern provinces
Governors
30 Nov 1988 - 30 Nov 1993 Nalin Seneviratne
30 Nov 1993 - 23 Aug 1994 Lionel Fernando
13 Jan 1995 - 20 Oct 1998 Gamini Fonseka (b. 1936 - d. 2004)
13 Nov 1998 - 30 Nov 2004 Asoka Jayawardena
6 Dec 2004 - 20 Jan 2006 Tyronne Fernando (b. 1941 - d. 2008)
20 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006 Mohan Wijewickrema
Chief ministers
10 Dec 1988 - 10 Mar 1990 Varatharaja Perumal
10 Mar 1990 - 31 Dec 2006 vacant
North Western
Governors
1 Jun 1988 - 31 Jan 1989 Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (b. 1922 - d. 2008)
1 Feb 1989 - 13 Oct 1993 Montague Jayawickrama
13 Oct 1993 - 7 Jul 1994 Karunasena Kodituwakku
8 Jul 1994 - 12 Jan 1995 Ananda De Alwis
13 Jan 1995 - 3 Jan 1999 Hector Arawwawala
3 Jan 1999 - 30 Apr 2004 Siripala Jayaweera
30 Apr 2004 - 5 Oct 2007 Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi (b. 1920? - d. 2007)
6 Oct 2007 - Tissa Reginald Balalla
Chief ministers
4 May 1988 - 19 Oct 1993 Gamini Jayawickrama Perera (b. 1941)
19 Oct 1993 - 27 Aug 1994 G.M. Premachandra (b. ... - d. 1994)
27 Aug 1994 - 28 Jan 1999 R. Nimal Bandara
28 Jan 1999 - 2002 S.B. Nawinna (b. 1946)
2002 - Athula Wijesinghe
Northern
1 Jan 2007 created at division of North Eastern province
Governors
1 Jan 2007 - 3 Jul 2008 Mohan Wijewickrema (acting)
3 Jul 2008 - 10 Oct 2008 Victor Perera
10 Oct 2008 - 12 Jul 2009 Dickson Sarathchandra Dela
12 Jul 2009 - G.A. Chandrasiri (b. 1954)
Sabaragamuwa
Governors
30 Apr 1988 - 1993 Noel Wimalasena
1993 - 9 Jun 2005 C.N. Saliya Mathew
9 Jun 2005 - Feb 2008 Reggie Ranatunga (b. 1937 - d. 2008)
22 Feb 2008 - 2 Oct 2008 Dickson Sarathchandra Dela
2 Oct 2008 - 12 May 2009 Mohan Saliya Ellawala (b. 1948 - d. 2009)
May 2009 - 5 Jul 2009 Alavi Moulana (acting) (b. 1932)
5 Jul 2009 - 21 Apr 2010 Janaka Priyantha Bandara
21 Apr 2010 - W.J.M. Lokubandara (b. 1941)
Chief ministers
Apr 1988 - Apr 1989 G.V. Punchinilame
10 Apr 1989 - Mar 1993 Abeyratne Pilapitiya
Mar 1993 - Jun 1998 Jayatilake Podinilame
Jun 1998 - Apr 1999 vacant
Apr 1999 - Jun 1999 Kantha Gunatilleke
Jun 1999 - Oct 2000 Athauda Seneviratne (b. 1931)
Oct 2000 - 13 Dec 2001 Asoka Jayawardena
13 Dec 2001 - 16 Jul 2004 Mohan Saliya Ellawala (s.a.)
16 Jul 2004 - Mahipala Herath
Southern
Governors
13 Jun 1988 - Dec 1993 M. Bakeer Markar (b. 1917 - d. 1997)
Dec 1993 - Dec 1994 Leslie Mervyn Jayaratna
Jan 1995 - 20 Sep 1999 Neville Kanakaratne (b. 1923 - d. 1999)
1999 - 2002 Ananda Dassanayake
1 Feb 2002 - 23 Oct 2006 Kingsley Wickramaratne
23 Oct 2006 - Kumari Balasuriya (f) (b. 1949)
Chief ministers
16 Jun 1988 - Oct 1993 M.S. Amarasiri (b. 1925 - d. 2007)
Oct 1993 - Jan 1994 Amarasiri Dodangoda (1st time) (b. 1942 - d. 2009)
Jan 1994 - Mar 1994 vacant
Mar 1994 - Sep 1994 Amarasiri Dodangoda (2nd time) (s.a.)
Sep 1994 - 21 Dec 2001 Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (b. 1945)
21 Dec 2001 - 16 Jul 2004 H.G. Sirisena
16 Jul 2004 - Shan Wijelal de Silva
Uva
Governors
May 1988 - Jan 1990 P.C. Imbulana
Feb 1990 - Mar 1993 Tilak Ratnayake
Mar 1993 - Dec 1994 Abeyratne Pilapitiya
Jan 1995 - 1999 Ananda Dassanayake
1999 - 25 Apr 2003 M.S. Amarasiri (b. 1925 - d. 2007)
25 Apr 2003 - C. Nanda Mathew
Chief ministers
May 1988 - Jun 1998 Percy Samaraweera (b. ... - d. 1999)
Jun 1998 - Apr 1999 vacant
Apr 1999 Nalini Weerawanni (f)
Apr 1999 - 29 Oct 2001 Samaraweera Weerawanni
29 Oct 2001 - 22 Jul 2004 A.M. Buddhadasa
22 Jul 2004 - 20 Aug 2009 Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa
20 Aug 2009 - Shashindra Rajapakse
Western
Governors
6 Jun 1988 - 10 Jun 1994 Suppiah Sharvananda (b. 1923 - d. 2007)
10 Jun 1994 - 1 Dec 1994 D.M. Swaminathan
3 Jan 1995 - Jan 2000 K. Vignarajah
21 Jan 2000 - 1 Feb 2002 P. Ramanathan
1 Feb 2002 - Alavi Moulana (b. 1932)
Chief ministers
9 Jun 1988 - 16 Mar 1993 Susil Munasinghe (b. 1930)
2 Jun 1993 - 22 Aug 1994 Chandrika Kumaratunga (f) (b. 1945)
22 Aug 1994 - 11 Jul 1995 Morris Rajapakse (b. ... - d. 1995)
13 Jul 1995 - Jun 1998 Susil Premajayantha (1st time) (b. 1955)
Jun 1998 - Apr 1999 vacant
Apr 1999 - 9 Nov 2000 Susil Premajayantha (2nd time) (s.a.)
9 Nov 2000 - 22 Jun 2005 Reginald Cooray (1st time)
22 Jun 2005 - 3 Jul 2005 Nandana Mendis
3 Jul 2005 - 4 May 2009 Reginald Cooray (2nd time)
4 May 2009 - Prasanna Ranatunga