“List of Mayors of Galle”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Mayor of Galle is the head of Galle Municipal Council and his office is located at the Galle Town Hall.

List of Mayors

The following were the Mayor of Galle:

Name

Date of office

notes

Wijeyananda Dahanayake

1939-41

First Mayor of Galle and Prime Minister of Ceylon (1959–60)

A. I. H. A. Wahab

1942-43

First Muslim Mayor of Galle

Don Samuel Goonasekera^[1]

1944

Member for Udugama (1947-52), Member for Habaraduwa (1956-?) Minister of Labour, Cultural Affairs and Social Services

Al-Haj A. R. M. Thassim^[2] (OBE)

1950-51

The longest-serving mayor of Galle

Al-Haj A. R. M. Thassim

1954-62

W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena

1965-66

Member of Parliament for Galle

Deshabandu D. P. Wijenarayana

Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Union of Myanmar (1982–86)

Wijaya Dahanayake^[3]

1991-97

Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs and Member of Parliament for Matara

Lionel Premasiri

1997-2001

Member for Galle District (2004–10) and deputy minister of Social Services and Social Welfare

Mansoor Marikar^[3]

2001-02

Lionel Premasiri

2002-2004

Ismail Mohamed Ariff^[4]

2004-06

Weeranarayana Kelum Seneviratne

2006–November 2008

At the local government elections in 2006 Seneviratne and de Silva both received an equal number (5,998) preferences each and subsequently agreed to share the office of Mayor, with Seneviratne becoming mayor for the first two years.^[5]

Alexendar Methsiri de Silva

November 2008–January 2013

At the 2011 local government elections de Silva was formally elected as mayor. In January 2013 the Chief Minister of Southern Province, Shan Wijayalal De Silva formally removed de Silva from the office of mayor.^[6]

Weeranarayana Kelum Seneviratne^[7]

January 2013–June 2014

Following the removal of de Silva the deputy mayor, Seneviratne, was appointed as mayor.

Alexandar Methsiri de Silva

June 2014–May 2015

In June 2014 the Galle High Court revoked the Chief Minister's decision to remove de Silva as mayor and he was re-instated.^[8]

Weeranarayana Kelum Seneviratne

May 2015–March 2018

In May 2015 the Court of Appeal annulled the Galle High Court's decision and Seneviratne was appointed as mayor.^[9]

Priyantha Godagama Sahabandu

March 2018–present

Subsequent to the Sri Lankan local elections, 2018, in a secret ballot held on 23 March 2018, Sahabandu was elected to the position of mayor obtaining 20 votes to 11 over his rival candidate. ^[10]

References

1. ^{{cite news|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2012/07/17/fea04.asp|title=A Politician and a Gentleman|newspaper=Daily News|last=Jayawardane|first=Ishara|date=17 July 2012}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100103/Plus/plus_09.html|title=City father to Galle and philanthropist to the nation|newspaper=Sunday Times|last= Fahim|first=Thimsy|date=3 January 2010|accessdate=8 December 2014}}
3. ^¹{{cite news|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2002/01/04/new24.html|title=Galle MC mourns death of Gamini Atukorale|newspaper=Daily News|date=4 January 2002|accessdate=8 December 2014}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/sri-lanka/southern-sri-lanka-digs-out-looks-rebuild|title=Southern Sri Lanka digs out, looks to rebuild|publisher=Reuters|date=7 January 2005|accessdate=19 March 2018}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.island.lk/2008/11/15/news8.html|title=Galle Mayor to quit|author1=Chaminda, Lalith|author2=Kaluarachi, S. K.|newspaper=The Island|date=15 November 2008|accessdate=19 March 2018}}
6. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.hirunews.lk/51989/methsiri-silva-stripped-from-post-galle-mayor-membership-municipal-council|title=Methsiri Silva stripped from post of Galle Mayor & membership of Municipal Council|publisher=Hiru News|date=23 January 2013|accessdate=19 March 2018}}
7. ^Action at Carlton International Super Sevens {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031031938/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=sports%2Faction-carlton-international-super-sevens |date=2014-10-31 }}
8. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.newsfirst.lk/2014/06/methsiri-de-silva-removal-order-galle-chief-minister-made-null/|title=Court nullifies order to remove Methsiri De Silva as Galle mayor|publisher=News First|date=26 June 2014|accessdate=19 March 2018}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=30776|title=Methsiri loses Galle mayorship again|publisher=Adadarena|date=8 May 2015|accessdate=19 March 2018}}
10. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/SLPP-s-Priyantha-Godage-elected-Galle-Mayor-147713.html | title=SLPP’s Priyantha Godage elected Galle Mayor | publisher= Daily Mirror | date=23 March 2018 | accessdate=23 March 2018}}

List of Mayors

References

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