Galle Municipal Council

Galle Municipal Council
Type
Type
Leadership
Mayor
Priyantha Godagama Sahabandu, (SLPP)
since 23 March 2018
Seats35
Elections
Open list proportional representation
Last election
10 February 2018
Next election
9 March 2023
Website
https://galle.mc.gov.lk/

The Galle Municipal Council is the local council for Galle, the capital city of Southern Province of Sri Lanka,[1] the third level administrative division of the country. The council was established under the Municipalities Ordinance of 1865 as the third municipal council of Sri Lanka. Wijeyananda Dahanayake was the first elected mayor of the city, who was appointed in 1939. He later went on to become the fifth Prime Minister of Ceylon. The current mayor of Galle is Priyantha Godagama Sahabandu.

  1. ^ "Galle City Profile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.