Tikiri Banda Kobbekaduwa is a

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n politician who served as the 8th Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka from 21 November 2019 to 10 June 2023. He previously served as 8th

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of the Central Province of

from 16 December 2005 to 19 January 2015. He was the chief organiser of

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to the Yatinuwara Electoral. He is the nephew of former Agriculture Minister

Hector Kobbekaduwa Hector Senarath Rajakaruna Bandara Kobbekaduwa (29 August 1916 – 17 September 1983) was a Sri Lankan politician and lawyer. He was the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate in the 1982 Sri Lankan presidential election and the Ministry of Agricultur ...

. He was educated at

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and St. Sylvester's College,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kobbekaduwa, Tikiri Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Governors of Central Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Buddhists Alumni of St. Sylvester's College Alumni of Trinity College, Kandy Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians