Surangani Ellawala

Surangani Ellawala
9th Governor of Central Province
In office 27 January 2015 – 14 March 2016
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Preceded by	Tikiri Kobbekaduwa
Succeeded by	Niluka Ekanayake\
Member of Parliament for Ratnapura
In office 2000–2001
Personal details
Born	Surangani Visaka Tennekoon 1939
Died	14 March 2016(2016-03-14) (aged 76–77) Kandy, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Spouse	Nanda Ellawala
Children	Visaka, Nalanda

Surangani Visaka Ellawala (1939 – 14 March 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician who was a member of parliament (2000-2001) and served as the 9th Governor of the Central Province (2015-2016).^[1]

She was the wife of Nanda Ellawala, who was the member of parliament for Ratnapura, (1970-1977, 1982-1994) and the mother of Nalanda Ellawala, who succeeded his father as the member of parliament for Ratnapura (1994-1997).

In 1999 she contested the 3rd Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council election as a People's Alliance candidate and was successful, winning with a landslide majority of 54,000 preferential votes, the highest number of preferential votes at the election. She was subsequently appointed Minister of Social Services, Probation, Culture, Housing and Cooperatives.

She then ran at the 2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections in the Ratnapura electorate as a People's Alliance candidate in the Ratnapura District. She received 54,517 votes, the fifth highest and was elected as one of the ten members for the seat.^[2] She failed to get re-elected at the 2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election and chose not to run in the 2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections.

She was appointed as the Governor of the Central Province on 27 January 2015.^[3][4]

Ellawala died on 14 March 2016 while serving as the Central Province Governor.^[5]

References

1. "Hon. (Mrs.) Ellawala, Surangani, M.P." Directory of Past members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
2. "General Election 2000 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-26.
3. "Austin, Ellawala new Governors". Daily Mirror. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
4. "Six new provincial governors sworn in Sri Lanka". Colombo Page. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
5. "Central Province Governor Dies". Digathanews. 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

Political offices
Preceded by Tikiri Kobbekaduwa	Governor of Central Province 2015–2016	Succeeded by Niluka Ekanayake