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Chief Minister of Uva Province
Flag of Uva Province
Incumbent Vacant since 9 October 2019
Board of Ministers of the Uva Province
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Uva Provincial Council
Appointer	Governor of Uva Province
Inaugural holder	Percy Samaraweera
Formation	3 February 1988
Website	Uva Provincial Council

The chief minister of Uva Province, Sri Lanka, is the head of the provincial board of ministers, a body which aids and advises the governor, the head of the provincial government, in the exercise of his executive power. The governor appoints as chief minister the member of the Uva Provincial Council who, in his opinion, commands the support of a majority of that council.

Chief ministers

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party

No.	Name		Portrait	Party	Took office	Left office	Refs
1		Percy Samaraweera		United National Party	May 1988	June 1998
		Vacant			June 1998	April 1999
2		Nalini Weerawanni		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	April 1999	April 1999
3		Samaraweera Weerawanni		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	April 1999	29 October 2001
4		Aththintha Marakalage Buddhadasa		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	29 October 2001	22 July 2004
5		Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 July 2004	20 August 2009
6		Shasheendra Rajapaksa		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	20 August 2009	14 January 2015
7		Harin Fernando		United National Party	14 January 2015	September 2015
8		Chamara Sampath Dassanayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	15 September 2015	9 October 2019
Vacant					9 October 2019

References

• "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org.

1. ^ "The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Chapter XVIIA". Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
2. ^ "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
3. "PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors APPOINTMENT MADE BY THE GOVERNOR OF UVA PROVINCE" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1897/10. 14 January 2015.
4. Rukmal, Prasad (14 January 2015). "Video: Harin sworn in as Uva Chief Minister". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
5. Gunasekara, Skandha (15 January 2015). "Harin sworn-in as Uva CM". Ceylon Today. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
6. "PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors UVA PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL Appointment made by the Governor of Uva Province" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/09. 15 September 2015.
7. "Uva gets a new chief". Ceylon Today. 15 September 2015. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
8. "Chamara Sampath Dassanayake new Uva CM". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 15 September 2015. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

External links

• Uva Provincial Council

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