Ariya Rekawa

Ariya Bandara Rekawa (born 19 February 1941) is the 8th and current governor of Uva Province in Sri Lanka.[1]

Rekawa was elected to parliament[2] representing the United National Party in the Kurunegala electorate at the 9th parliamentary election, held on 15 February 1989.[3] Rekawa served as the Deputy Chairman of Committees[4] between 9 March 1989 and 24 June 1994.[5]

He was the ambassador for Sri Lanka for the Philippines[6] from 2001 to 2004.

On 11 May 2018 he was appointed as the Governor of Uva Province.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Ariya Bandara Rekawa sworn in as new Uva Province Governor".
2. ^ "Hon. Rekawa, Ariya Bandara, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009.
4. ^ "Ariya Bandara Rekawa sworn in as new Uva Province Governor". 11 May 2018.
5. ^ "Deputy Chairman of Committees". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
6. ^ "Ambassador Mr. Ariya B. Rekawa".

Political offices

Preceded by

P. B. Dissanayake
(as Acting Governor)

|  Governor of Uva
2018  | Succeeded by

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Governors of Uva

Governors|

* Imbulana
* Ratnayake
* Pilapitiya
* Dassanayake
* Amarasiri
* Mathew
* Jayasinghe
* Dissanayake
* Rekawa
* Tennakoon
* Marshal
* Gunaratne
* Collure
* Muzammil

Acting

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← Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (1989 (1989)–1994 (1994)) →

* Speaker: M. H. Mohamed

* Prime Minister: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga/Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Leader of the Opposition: Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Central Province|

| Kandy|

* Mahinda Abeykoon
* Tissa Attanayake
* A. R. M. Abdul Cader
* Chandraman de Silva
* Harindra Dunuwille
* Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed
* D. M. Jayaratne
* Lakshman Kiriella
* Mahahitana Arachchige Daniel
* Yasaratne Tennakoon
* Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
* Premachandra Wijesiri

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Matale|

* Alick Aluwihare
* Nandimithra Ekanayake
* Wijeratne Banda Jambugahapitiyagedera
* V. G. Jinadasa
* P. B. Kaviratne

Nuwara Eliya|

* Tissa Abeyagoonasekera
* Ananda Dassanayake
* S. B. Dissanayake
* Gamini Dissanayake
* Renuka Herath
* Wijesundara Bandara Ranatunga

Eastern Province|

| Ampara|

* M. H. M. Ashraff
* Nihal Bakmeewewa
* Ahangama Polwatte Galappatthige Chandradasa
* P. Dayaratna
* Karunasinghe Thewarapperuma
* J. Thiviyanathan

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Batticaloa|

* Prince Casinader
* Alathipody Gunaseelan
* M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
* G. Karunakaran
* Sam Tambimuttu

Trincomalee|

* M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana
* M. E. H. Maharoof
* Konamalai Mathavarajah
* Sivapragasam Ratnarajah

Northern Province|

| Jaffna|

* Sebastiyampillai Edward
* Thambu Loganathapillai
* K. Navaratnam
* Eliyathamby Pararasasingam
* Suresh Premachandran
* Arunasalam Ponniah Selliah
* Kanapathy Selvanayagam
* S. Sivamaharajah
* Joseph George Rajenthiram
* Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy
* G. Yogasangari

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Vanni|

* Innasimuthu Alfred
* S. S. M. Abu Bakar
* R. Kuhaneswaran
* Rasamanohari Pulendran
* A. E. Silva

North Central Province|

| Anuradhapura|

* Janak Mahendra Adhikari
* Sompala Adhikari
* D. M. Ariyadasa
* Chandrasoma Bandara
* Berty Premalal Dissanayake
* Lal Dharmapriya Gamage
* Themiya Hurulle
* K. B. Ratnayake

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Polonnaruwa|

* Seid Ahamed Abdul Majeed
* Nelson Paththinige
* Samarasinghe Arachchilage Muthubanda
* Maithripala Sirisena
* C. A. Suriyaarachchi

North Western Province|

| Kurunegala|

* Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Bandaranayaka
* Upali Mervin Senarath Dasanayaka
* Herath Mudiyanselage Ariyawardanage Lokubanda
* S. B. Nawinne
* Upali Piyasoma
* A.M. Munidasa Premachandra
* G. M. Premachandra
* Lionel Rajapaksa
* Jayasena Rajakaruna
* Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
* Ariya Rekawa
* Herath Banda Wanninayaka
* Sarathchandra Bandara Welagedara
* Diunugallage Peter Wickramasinghe
* Ukkubanda Wijekoon

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Puttalam|

* Harindra Jayanthi Corea
* Sujatha Dharmawardana
* Milroy Fernando
* Harold Herath
* S. D. R. Jayaratne
* Festus Perera
* Ashoka Wadigamangawa

Sabaragamuwa Province|

| Kegalle|

* Jagath Balasuriya
* Mohamed Farook
* Dharmadewa Jayasinghe
* Samantha Devi Karunaratne
* Vincent Perera
* Chandradasa Ranatunga
* Dharmasiri Senanayake
* Athauda Seneviratne
* Mano Wijeyeratne

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Ratnapura|

* M. L. M. Aboosally
* Athula Kularatne Attygale
* Gamini Atukorale
* Nanda Ellawala
* Chandrasekara Gankande
* Helen Mahattaya Liyanage
* Nanda Mathew
* Vasudeva Nanayakkara
* John Seneviratne
* Wimal Wickramasinghe

Southern Province|

| Galle|

* Upali Sarath Danston Amarasiri
* Nandimithra de Soyza
* Amarasiri Dodangoda
* Piyasena Gamage
* Vincent Jayawardene
* Noel Kariyawasam
* Rupa Karunathilake
* Nanda Kumarage
* Buddhika Kurukularatne
* Hemakumara Nanayakkara
* Richard Pathirana

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Hambantota|

* Hary Abeydheera
* Ranjit Atapattu
* Ananda Kularatne
* Cyril Madduma Baduge
* Chamal Rajapaksa
* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Gunapala Tissakuttiarachchi

Matara|

* Gamini Fonseka
* Madurapala Ediriweera
* H. R. Piyasiri
* Mangala Samaraweera
* Peter Silva
* Hewagampolage Sirisena
* Dayananda Wickremasinghe
* Ranjan Wijayawardhana
* Mahinda Wijesekara

Uva Province|

| Badulla|

* Chandra Karunaratne
* W. J. M. Lokubandara
* Hema Ratnayake
* Ravindra Samaraweera
* Lakshman Senewiratne
* Madduma Bandara Sethapenage
* Edwin Wickramarathne
* Samaraweera Weerawanni

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Monaragala|

* Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Ariyaratna
* Dharmadasa Banda
* Ranjith Madduma Bandara
* Gunavathi Dissanayake
* Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa

Western Province|

| Colombo|

* Lalith Athulathmudali
* Jabir Cader
* Sirisena Cooray
* Nimal Siripala de Silva
* Tyronne Fernando
* C. V. Gunaratne
* Premaratne Gunasekera
* Bandula Gunawardane
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Gamini Lokuge
* Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi
* M. H. Mohamed
* Jinadasa Niyathapala
* Nimal Ransiri Peiris
* Dickson Sarathchandra Dela
* Vincent Perera
* Sunethra Ranasinghe
* M. S. Sellasamy
* Stanley Tillekeratne
* Kingsley Wickramaratne

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Gampaha|

* John Amaratunga
* Anura Bandaranaike
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* Donald Dissanayake
* Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
* Mahen Gunasekera
* Lakshman Jayakody
* Ariyarathna Jayathilaka
* Wijayapala Mendis
* Joseph Michael Perera
* Paul Perera
* Sarathchandra Rajakaruna
* Reggie Ranatunga
* Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya
* Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Mahindra Wijerathna

Kalutara|

* Pathirage Don Abeyratne
* Sumitha Priyanganie Abeyweera
* Mervin Joseph Cooray
* Neville Fernando
* Indradasa Hettiarachchi
* Thilak Karunaratne
* Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
* Anil Moonesinghe
* Mangala Moonesinghe
* Sarath Ranawaka
* Punsiri Samaranayake

National List (29)|

* Alec Robertson
* S. L. Gunasekara
* Unfinished

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