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Ariya Rekawa
Ariya Bandara Rekawa (born 19 February 1941) is the 8th and current governor of Uva Province in Sri Lanka. Rekawa was elected to parliament representing the United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ... in the Kurunegala electorate at the 9th parliamentary election, held on 15 February 1989. Rekawa served as the Deputy Chairman of Committees between 9 March 1989 and 24 June 1994. He was the ambassador for Sri Lanka for the Philippines from 2001 to 2004. On 11 May 2018 he was appointed as the Governor of Uva Province. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rekawa, Ariya 1941 births 21st-century Sri Lankan politicians Ambassadors of Sri Lanka to the Philippines Deputy chairmen of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Governors of Uva Province L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uva Province
Uva Province ( si, ඌව පළාත, Uva Paḷāta, ta, ஊவா மாகாணம், Uvā Mākāṇam) is Sri Lanka's second least populated Provinces of Sri Lanka, province, with 1,259,880 people, created in 1896. It consists of two districts: Badulla District, Badulla and Moneragala District, Moneragala. The provincial capital is Badulla. Uva is bordered by the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Eastern, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, Southern, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sabaragamuwa, and Central Province, Sri Lanka, Central provinces. Its major tourist attractions are Dunhinda falls, Diyaluma Falls, Rawana Falls, the Yala National Park (lying partly in the Southern and Eastern Provinces) and Gal Oya National Park (lying partly in the Eastern Province). The Gal Oya hills and the Central mountains are the main uplands, while the Mahaweli (Sinhalese language, Sinhalese: ''great-sandy'') and Menik (Sinhalese: ''gemstone'') rivers and the huge Senanayake Samudraya and Maduru Oya Reserv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
