Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka

The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) functions as the chief executive of the Sri Lankan central bank. The post is the ex-officio chairperson of the Monetary Board of Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Since its establishment in 1950, the CBSL has been headed by sixteen governors. The governor has two deputies and several assistant governors. The inaugural officeholder was the American John Exter who served the Government of Sri Lanka in helping found the central bank. The position is currently held by Nandalal Weerasinghe who was appointed to the office on 8 April 2022 following the resignation of Ajith Nivard Cabraal.[1]

Governor of Central Bank of
Sri Lanka
Incumbent
P. Nandalal Weerasinghe
since 7 April 2022
Member ofMonetary Board of Central Bank of Sri Lanka
ResidenceBank House, Colombo
AppointerPresident of Sri Lanka
Term length6 Years
Formation28 August 1950 (1950-08-28)
First holderJohn Exter
WebsiteGovernors of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Privileges

The term of office last for six years and includes serval privileges in form of allowances. This includes use of the Bank House as the official residence, transport and security provided by the CBSL. The governor is entitled to a pension. In the order of precedence, the governor is equivalent to a cabinet minister.[2]

List of Governors of the Central Bank
# Governor Took office Left office Appointed by
1John Exter28 August 195030 June 1953D. S. Senanayake
2N. U. Jayawardena1 July 195313 October 1954Dudley Senanayake
3Arthur Ranasinghe14 October 195430 June 1959John Kotelawala
4Don William Rajapatirana1 July 195930 August 1967S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
5William Tennekoon31 August 196731 May 1971Dudley Senanayake
6Herbert Tennekoon1 July 197122 January 1979Sirimavo Bandaranaike
7Warnasena Rasaputra15 February 197918 November 1988J. R. Jayewardene
8Neville Karunatilake19 November 198830 June 1992
9Heen Banda Dissanayaka1 July 199214 November 1995Ranasinghe Premadasa
10Amarananda Jayawardena15 November 199530 June 2004Chandrika Kumaratunga
11Sunil Mendis1 July 200430 June 2006
12Ajith Nivard Cabraal1 July 20069 January 2015Mahinda Rajapaksa
13Arjuna Mahendran26 January 201530 June 2016Maithripala Sirisena
14Indrajit Coomaraswamy2 July 201620 December 2019
15W. D. Lakshman24 December 201914 September 2021Gotabaya Rajapaksa
16Ajith Nivard Cabraal15 September 20214 April 2022
17Nandalal Weerasinghe8 April 2022present

References
  1. "Nandalal Weerasinghe appointed new CBSL Governor and Mahinda Siriwardana Finance Ministry Secretary - Business News | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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