Victor Perera was the
first Governor of Northern Province and former
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 ...
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Inspector General of Police
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Police career
Perera joined the
Sri Lanka Police Service
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in 1974 as an Assistant Superintendent of Police. Serving as the most senior Deputy Inspector General of Police he was promoted as the 30th Inspector General Police on 12 October 2006 and retired from service on 3 June 2008.
He was succeeded by the senior Deputy Inspector General of Police
Jayantha Wickramarathne
Jayantha Wickramarathne was the 31st Sri Lankan Inspector-General of Police.
Educated at Thurstan College, Colombo Wickramarathne gained a second class honours degree in Public Administration at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and later j ...
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Political career
With the division of the
North Eastern Province in 2007 Perera was appointed, by
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Mahinda Rajapakse
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 ...
, as the first
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 ...
, succeeding acting governor Rear Admiral Mohan Wijewickrema. Perera was the first former head of the police to have been appointed as a Governor to a province.
See also
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Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) is the professional head of the Sri Lanka Police. They are the most senior police officer in Sri Lanka and oversees all police personnel throughout the country. The IGP reports to the Minister of Law and Order ...
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Sri Lanka Police Service
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Governors of Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Inspectors General of Police