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 ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය, ''Sri Lankavay Komiyunist Pakshaya'' ta, இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி, trans ...

and a former member of the Sri Lanka Parliament. 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