Galle Municipal Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Mayor | Priyantha Godagama Sahabandu, (SLPP) since 23 March 2018 |
| Seats | 35 |
| 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.