W. W. M. R. Dickson Sarathchandra Dela is a former

Provincial governor Provincial may refer to: Government & Administration * Provincial capitals, an administrative sub-national capital of a country * Provincial city (disambiguation) * Provincial minister (disambiguation) * Provincial Secretary, a position in Can ...

and former

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. Dela has held the offices of the Governor of Northern Province and of

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. He is the father of

Pradeep Nilanga Dela Wanigasekara Wanasinghe Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Pradeep Nilanga Dela (known as Pradeep Nilanga Dela; Sinhala:ප්‍රදීප් නිලංග දෑල) is the present and the 19th Diyawadana Nilame (Chief Custodian of Sri Dalada Maligawa ...

, the

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Political career

Dickson Sarathchandra Dela was sworn in as

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, by

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Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa (; ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the sixth President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015; the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2005, 2018, and 2019 to 2022; the ...

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

he became the Governor of Northern Province 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)