Shan Wijayalal De Silva

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Hon.
Gustinha Wadu Shan Wijayalal De Silva
ෂාන් විජයලාල් ද සිල්වා
ஷான் விஜயலால் த சில்வா
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Galle District
Assumed office
15 August 2020
67,793 Preferential votes
5th Chief Minister of Southern Province
In office
16 July 2004 – 26 April 2019
Preceded byH. G. Sirisena
5th Governor of Eastern Province
In office
5 June 2019 – 16 November 2019
Preceded byM. L. A. M. Hizbullah
Succeeded byAnuradha Yahampath
Personal details
Born
Shan Wijayalal De Silva

17 August 1959
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
CitizenshipSri Lankan
Political partySamagi Jana Balawegaya (since 2024)
Other political
affiliations
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (until 2024)
Children2
Residence(s)Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka.
Alma materDharmasoka College, Ambalangoda
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionCustom Officer

Shan Wijayalal De Silva is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Galle District since 2020. Since 1 January 2024, he has belonged to the Samagi Jana Balawegaya.[1] He formerly belonged to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the Freedom People's Alliance.[2][3][4]

He has previously served three times as the Chief Minister of the Southern Province from 2004 to 2019. Several months after leaving the office, Shan Wijayalal De Silva was sworn in as the new Governor of the Eastern Province on 5 June 2019 before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat, Colombo.

References

  1. ^ "SLFP MP Shan Wijayalal joins SJB". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  2. ^ Southern Province Chief Minister Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Southern Province chief Ministers
  4. ^ Shan Wijayalal De Silva sworn in