Darrel Chandra Raja Collure (3 June 1938 – 7 December 2021) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Governor of the Uva Province and Governor of the North Western Province until his death in 2021.

Biography

He was a member of the

Communist Party of Sri Lanka The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (; ) is a communist party in Sri Lanka. In the 2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004 legislative election, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and ...

and a former member of the

Sri Lanka Parliament The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Śrī Laṇkā Pārlimentuvā'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் '' ...

. Collure died from

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on 7 December 2021, at the age of 83.

References

1938 births 2021 deaths Communist Party of Sri Lanka politicians Governors of Uva Province Members of the 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) politicians Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka {{UvaLK-politician-stub