W. W. M. R. Dickson Sarathchandra Dela is a former Provincial governor and former

Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the Maldives Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanes ...

. Dela has held the offices of the

Governor of Northern Province The governor of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka ( ta, வட மாகாண ஆளுநர், translit=Vaṭa Mākāṇa Āḷunar; si, උතුරු පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා, translit=Uturu Paḷāt Āṇḍ ...

and of Sabaragamuwa. He is the father of Pradeep Nilanga Dela, the

Diyawadana Nilame Diyawadana Nilame is the office of the chief lay custodian of the Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Formerly an office of the royal household, at present it is the trustee for the Temple of the Tooth as defined by the ''Buddhist Temporal ...

Political career

Dickson Sarathchandra Dela was sworn in as Governor of Sabaragamuwa, by President

Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa ( si, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, ta, மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to ...

, on 22 February 2008 which held until October of the same year. Leaving the governorship of Sabaragamuwa he became the

for a further nine months resigning to take over as the

in 2009 & which held until 2015.

References

External links

Governors of the Northern Provincial Council - History of Governors
, - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Dela, Dickson Sarathchandra Living people Governors of Northern Province, Sri Lanka Governors of Sabaragamuwa Province High Commissioners of Sri Lanka to the Maldives Alumni of Thurstan College Year of birth missing (living people)