Six new Governors were sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat today (27).They were:

Mr. H. M. G. S. Palihakkara – Governor of the Northern Province

Mr. Austin Fernando – Governor of the Eastern Province

Mr. Marshall Perera – Governor of the Sabaragamuwa Province

Ms. Surangani Eallawala – Governor of the Central Province

Mr. P. B. Dissanayake – Governor of the North Central Province

Mr. M. P. Jayasinghe – Governor of the Uva Province 

Earlier, Mr K.C. Yogeswaran, Mrs. Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake and Mr. Hemakumara Nanayakkara were sworn in as Governors of Western, North Western and Southern Provinces respectively.

Source: www.priu.gov.lk