List of Governors of Central Province
Governors

List of Governors of Central Province

Section Title: Governors
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No.	Name	Portrait	Party	Took office	Left office	Refs

1	Hurulle, E. L. B.E. L. B. Hurulle	-	United National Party	June 1988	1 February 1990

2	Imbulana, P. C.P. C. Imbulana	United National Party	1 February 1990	May 1994

3	Senanayake, E. L.E. L. Senanayake	-	United National Party	May 1994	1998

4	Tillekeratne, StanleyStanley Tillekeratne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	May 1998	2000

5	Dassanayake, TudorTudor Dassanayake	Independent	1 February 2000	1 January 2001

6	Ratnayake, K. B.K. B. Ratnayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	January 2001	27 June 2002

7	Gopallawa, MontyMonty Gopallawa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	27 June 2002	26 September 2005

Balasuriya, JagathJagath Balasuriya (acting)	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	September 2005	16 December 2005

8	Kobbekaduwa, TikiriTikiri Kobbekaduwa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	16 December 2005	19 January 2015

9	Ellawala, SuranganiSurangani Ellawala	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	27 January 2015	14 March 2016

10	Ekanayake, NilukaNiluka Ekanayake	Independent	14 March 2016	11 April 2018

11	Cooray, ReginaldReginald Cooray	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	12 April 2018	13 April 2018

12	Dissanayake, P. B.P. B. Dissanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	13 April 2018

Sentence(s)

Tikiri Kobbekaduwa is a politician who served as the 8th Governor of the Central Province from 16 December 2005 to 19 January 2015.

final_sentence: Tikiri Kobbekaduwa is a politician who served as the 8th Governor of the Central Province from 16 December 2005 to 19 January 2015.