Neranjala Pushpa Kumari Balasooriya known as Kumari Balasuriya is the former Governor of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka since October 2006. She was the first female governor of a Sri Lankan Province.She resigned from the post after fall of the Mahinda Rajapakse's government in 2015.
References
- "GOVERNOR'S SECRETARIAT SOUTHERN PROVINCE". www.governor.sp.gov.lk. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- "Sports provides balanced mind - SP governor". Daily News (Colombo, Sri Lanka). March 1, 2012. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2013 – via HighBeam Research.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded byKingsley Wickramaratne | Governor of Southern Province 2006–2015 |
Succeeded byHemakumara Nanayakkara |
| Governors of the Southern Province | ||
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| Governors | .PNG) | |
| Acting | ||