Mayor of Colombo

Mayor of Colombo

The Mayor of Colombo is the Mayor of (and head of) the Colombo Municipal Council. The post was created in 1866 when the Colombo Municipal Council established by the Legislative Council of Ceylon. The officers of the mayor are at the Colombo Town Hall. The mayors legal title is His worship the Mayor of Colombo.

List of Mayors

  • Sir Walter Edward Davidson, KCMG, CBE, KStJ, CCS
  • T. Reid, CCS
  • Sir William Lindsay Murphy 1937-1941 (First Municipal Commissioner)
  • Sir R. Saravanamuttu 1937, 1941–1942
  • V. R. Schokman 1938-1939
  • A. E. Goonesinha 1940
  • George R. De Silva 1943
  • R. A. De Mel 1944-1946
  • R. F. S. De Mel 1945, 1947–1948
  • Kumaran Ratnam 1950
  • S. Sellamuttu 1951
  • C. T. Grero 1952-1953
  • T. Rudra 1953-1954
  • N. M. Perera 1954-1956
  • V. A. Sugathadasa 1956-1957,1963–1965
  • M. H. Mohamed 1960-1962
  • M. Vincent Perera 1965-1966, 1970–1973
  • Jabir A. Cader 1966-1969
  • A. H. M. Fowzie 1974-1977
  • B. Sirisena Cooray 1979-1989
  • M. Hussain Mohamad 1989-1991
  • Ratnasiri Rajapakse 1991-1994
  • K. Ganeshalingam 1996-1997
  • Karu Jayasuriya 1997-1999
  • Omar Kamil 1999-2002
  • Prasanna Gunawardena 2002-2006
  • Uvais Mohamed Imitiyas 2006-2011
  • A. J. M. Muzammil 2011-2015

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