List of governors of Western Province

The governor of the Western Province of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Basnāhira palāth āndukāravarayā), is responsible for the management of the Western Provincial Council. Some of the office's key functions include exercising powers vested in the governor by the Provincial Council Act No. 42 of 1987 amended by Act No. 28 of 1990 and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.^[1]

Governor of Western Province
බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා
Flag of Western Province
Incumbent Hanif Yusuf since 25 September 2024
Style	The Right Honourable
Appointer	President of Sri Lanka
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Suppiah Sharvananda
Formation	6 June 1988
Website	secgov.wpc.gov.lk/en

Governors

  Independent (6)   United National Party (3)   Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2)   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (1)

No.	Name	Portrait	Party		Took office	Left office	Refs
1	Suppiah Sharvananda			Independent	6 June 1988	10 June 1994	[2]
2	Deva Swaminathan			United National Party	11 July 1994	1 December 1994	[2]
3	K. Vignarajah			Independent	3 January 1995	2 January 2000	[2]
4	Pathmanathan Ramanathan			Independent	21 January 2000	1 February 2002	[2]
5	Alavi Moulana			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1 February 2002	23 January 2015	[2]
6	K. C. Logeswaran			Independent	23 January 2015	11 April 2018	[2][3][4][5]
7	Hemakumara Nanayakkara			United National Party	12 April 2018	1 January 2019	[6]
8	Azath Salley			National Unity Alliance	3 January 2019	3 June 2019	[7]
9	A. J. M. Muzammil			United National Party	4 June 2019	20 November 2019
10	Seetha Arambepola			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	21 November 2019	19 March 2020	[8]
11	Roshan Goonatilake			Independent	23 March 2020	25 September 2024
12	Hanif Yusuf			NPP	25 September 2024	Incumbent	[9]

See also

• Chief Ministers of Sri Lanka