Mohan Saliya Ellawala (9 November 1948 – 12 May 2009) was the fifth
governor
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of
Sabaragamuwa Province
The Sabaragamuwa Province ( si, සබරගමුව පළාත ''Sabaragamuwa Paḷāta'', ta, சபரகமுவ மாகாணம் ''Sabaragamuwa Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrati ...
in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
from 2 October 2008, until his death in May 2009.
He had previously been the seventh
Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa
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serving from 13 December 2001, until 16 July 2004.
In 1972 Ellawala became the private secretary to
Hector Kobbekaduwa
Hector Senarath Rajakaruna Bandara Kobbekaduwa (29 August 1916 – 17 September 1983) was a Sri Lankan politician and lawyer. He was the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate in the 1982 Sri Lankan presidential election and the Minister for Agricult ...
(
Minister for Agriculture and Lands). In 1991 he was appointed as the chief
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, translit=Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; ta, இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, translit=Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Ka ...
organiser for the
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, and in the same year was elected as councillor on the
Balangoda
Balangoda is a large town in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an urban council located away from Colombo and from Ratnapura on Colombo - Batticaloa Highway(A4). It is one of the largest towns of the Sabaragamuw ...
Urban Council, though he resigned from the position on 7 April 1993. In 1993 he was elected onto the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council, becoming the chairman of the Council between 17 June 1999 and 8 November 2000. In 2001 he was appointed the Provincial Minister of Local Government, Cooperatives, Housing, Highways, Power and Energy and in December that year the
Chief Minister
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of Sabaragamuwa, a position that he retained until 16 July 2004. On 2 October 2008
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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 ...
appointed Ellawala as the fifth
Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province
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The governor of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka ( si, සබරගමුව පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා ''Sabaragamuva palāth āndukāravarayā''), is responsible for the management of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Counc ...
.
A position he retained until his death on 12 May 2009.
References
1948 births
2009 deaths
Sinhalese politicians
Sri Lankan Buddhists
Members of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council
Governors of Sabaragamuwa Province
Chief Ministers of Sabaragamuwa Province
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