List of Chief Ministers of Southern Province

Chief Minister of Southern Province
Flag of Southern Province, Sri Lanka
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

No.		Party	Took office	Left office	Refs
1	Amarasiri, M. S.M. S. Amarasiri	United National Party	000000001988-06-16-000016 June 1988	000000001993-10-01-0000October 1993	^[2]
2	Dodangoda, AmarasiriAmarasiri Dodangoda	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000001993-10-01-0000October 1993	000000001994-01-01-0000January 1994	^[2]
	Vacant		000000001994-01-01-0000January 1994	000000001994-03-01-0000March 1994	^[2]
(2)	Dodangoda, AmarasiriAmarasiri Dodangoda	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000001994-03-01-0000March 1994	000000001994-09-01-0000September 1994	^[2]
3	Abeywardena, Mahinda YapaMahinda Yapa Abeywardena	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000001994-09-01-0000September 1994	000000002001-12-21-000021 December 2001	^[2]
4	Sirisena, H. G.H. G. Sirisena	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000002001-12-21-000021 December 2001	000000002004-07-16-000016 July 2004	^[2]
5	De Silva, Shan WijayalalShan Wijayalal De Silva	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000002004-07-16-000016 July 2004		^[2]

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

Chief Ministers of Southern Province

Southern Province	Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri Amarasiri Dodangoda Vacant Amarasiri Dodangoda Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena H. G. Sirisena Shan Wijayalal De Silva

Acting

Sri Lankan Chief Ministers

Chief Ministers	Central Province Eastern Province North Central Province Northern Province North Western Province Sabaragamuwa Southern Province Uva Western Province

Defunct	North Eastern Province

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