The mayor of Kandy is the mayor and head of the Kandy Municipal Council. The post was created in 1866 when the Kandy Municipal Council established by the Municipalities Ordinance of 1865. The offices of the mayor are at the Kandy Town Hall. The mayor's legal title is His worship the Mayor of Kandy.
| Mayor of Kandy | |
|---|---|
since 8 April 2018 | |
| Kandy Municipal Council | |
| Style | His Worship |
| Seat | Kandy |
| Constituting instrument | Municipal Council Ordinance No. 17 of 1865 |
| First holder | Sir Cudah Ratwatte |
| Deputy | T.M. Ilahi Abdeen |
List of mayors
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United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Independent
| Name | Date of office | notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Cudah Ratwatte | 1939-40 | First elected mayor of Kandy | |
| Allan Morley Spaar | 1940-42 | ||
| Naganather Canaganayagam | 1942 | First Tamil mayor[1] | |
| Bennet Soysa | 1943-44 | ||
| A. S. Karunaratna | 1945 | ||
| Victor M. Guruswamy | 1946 | ||
| Fredrick de Silva | 1947 | Member of Parliament for Kandy (1954–57) and Ambassador to France (1968–71) | |
| A. C. L. Ratwatte | 1948 | ||
| Bennet Soysa | 1949 | ||
| E. L. Senanayake | 1950-54 | Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament and Governor of North Central Province and Central Province[2] | |
| Bennet Soysa | 1954-56 | Member of the State Council and the Senate of Ceylon | |
| E. L. Senanayake | 1956-60 | ||
| Bennet Soysa | 1961-62 | ||
| Noel Wimalasena | 1963 | ||
| E. L. Senanayake | 1964-68 | ||
| Sir Bennet Soysa | 1968-70 | ||
| Tilak Ratnayake | 1979-90 | Governor of Uva Province (1990–93) | |
| Chandra Ranaraja | 1990-91 | first female mayor of Kandy | |
| Don Edmund Pathirana | 1991-97 | ||
| Harindra Dunuwille | 1997-2002 | Member of Parliament (1989–94) and served as the Deputy Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs | |
| Kesera Senanayake | 2002-06 | [3] | |
| L. B. Aluvihare | 2006-10 | ||
| Rajapathiranalage Sarath Pushpakumara | 2010-11 | ||
| Mahendra Ratwatte | 2011 - 19 November 2015 | Resigned as mayor to take on the role of Basnayake Nilame of the Kandy Sri Vishnu Devala[4] | |
| Sena Dissanayake | 19 November 2015[5] - ? | ||
| Kesera Senanayake | 8 April 2018 – present | Son of E. L. Senanayake[6] | |
References
edit- ^ Arumugam, S., ed. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon (PDF). p. 28.
- ^ "Tribute to Desamanya E.L. Senanayake". Daily News. 31 January 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ Muller, Carl (16 June 2002). "Exclusive interview with the Mayor of Kandy, Mr. Kesara Senanayake - of rotten apples and toilet water!". The Island. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Mahendra Ratwatte resigns as Mayor of Kandy". Daily Mirror. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "New Kandy mayor assumes duty". Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ Senaratne, L. B. (8 April 2018). "UNP's Kesera wins Kandy's mayoral battle amid UPFA, JVP neutrality". Sunday Times. Retrieved 13 April 2018.