Prema Chandra Imbulana (18 October 1920 – 28 September 2012) was a Sri Lankan politician who was elected to the Ceylonese Parliament representing Ruwanwella and served as the Minister of Labour. He was appointed as the first Governor of Uva Province and subsequently the second Governor of Central Province.[1]
P. C. Imbulana | |
|---|---|
| 2nd Governor of Central Province | |
| In office 1 February 1990 – May 1994 | |
| President | Ranasinghe Premadasa Dingiri Banda Wijetunga |
| Prime Minister | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga |
| Preceded by | E. L. B. Hurulle |
| Succeeded by | E. L. Senanayake |
| 1st Governor of Uva Province | |
| In office May 1988 – January 1990 | |
| President | Ranasinghe Premadasa |
| Prime Minister | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Succeeded by | Tilak Ratnayake |
| Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Ruwanwella | |
| In office July 1960 – December 1969 | |
| Preceded by | H. G. Somabandu |
| Succeeded by | Athauda Seneviratne |
| In office July 1977 – May 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Athauda Seneviratne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Prema Chandra Imbulana 18 October 1920 Ruwanwella, Sri Lanka |
| Died | 28 September 2012 (aged 91) |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Kandy |
| Occupation | Politician |
Imbulana was born in Ruwanwella on 18 October 1920, the son of Kuruvitaarachchilage Martin Appuhamy Imbulama, the village headman. He attended Trinity College, Kandy.[2][3][4] Prema was elected as the youngest Village Council Chairman of Ruwanwella and was one of the founding members of the United National Party in 1946. He unsuccessfully ran for parliament in the Ruwanwella Electoral District three times (1947, 1952 and 1960). He was however successful on his fourth attempt at the July 1960 parliamentary elections, receiving over 53% of the vote. Prema was re-elected in 1965 and was made the Deputy Minister of Agriculture in the Dudley Senanayake government. In the Jayewardene government he was appointed Deputy Minister Local Government, Housing and Construction before he was appointed Minister of Labour in the Premadasa cabinet. With the formation of the newly established Provincial Councils Prema was selected in May 1988 as the first Governor of Uva Province a position he retained until January 1990, when on 1 February 1990 he was appointed as the second Governor of Central Province where he served until he retired in May 1994.
References
edit- ^ "Parliament of Sri Lanka - Imbulana, Prema Chandra". Parliament.lk. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ "P.C. Imbulana Passes Away". HighBeam Research. 1 October 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2024.