Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Governor of Central Bank of
Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Indrajit Coomaraswamy
since 2 July 2016
Member of Monetary Board of Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Appointer President of Sri Lanka
Term length 6 Years
Formation 28 August 1950 (1950-08-28)
First holder John Exter
Website Governors 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 14 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. Arjuna Mahendran, although born in Sri Lanka, held Singaporean citizenship during his term of office. The position is currently held by economist Indrajit Coomaraswamy, who took over from Arjuna Mahendran, who stepped down on 2 July 2016. The term of office last for 6 years.[1]

Governor of the Central Bank

# Governor Took office Left office Appointed by
1 John Exter 28 August 1950 30 June 1953 D. S. Senanayake
2 Deshamanya N. U. Jayawardena 1 July 1953 13 October 1954 Dudley Senanayake
3 Sir Arthur Ranasinghe 14 October 1954 30 June 1959 John Kotelawala
4 D. W. Rajapatirana 1 July 1959 30 August 1967 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
5 W. Tennekoon 31 August 1967 31 May 1971 Dudley Senanayake
6 Herbert E. Tennekoon 1 July 1971 22 January 1979 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
7 Dr W. Rasaputram 15 February 1979 18 November 1988 J. R. Jayewardene
8 Dr Neville Karunatilake 19 November 1988 30 June 1992
9 H. B. Dissanayaka 1 July 1992 14 November 1995 Ranasinghe Premadasa
10 Deshamanya Amarananda Jayawardena 15 November 1995 30 June 2004 Chandrika Kumaratunga
11 Deshamanya Sunil Mendis 1 July 2004 30 June 2006
12 Ajith Nivard Cabraal 1 July 2006 9 January 2015 Mahinda Rajapaksa
13 Arjuna Mahendran 26 January 2015 30 June 2016 Maithripala Sirisena
14 Dr Indrajit Coomaraswamy 2 July 2016 Present

References

  1. ↑ Ramakrishnan, T. "Indrajit Coomaraswamy new Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

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