The smallest governing unit in the Sri Lanka`s administrative system is the local council. Along with the historical serialization, the transmission of the regional council system goes back to the village council system, and Wellawaya village council library was started on 09/06/1958 . At that time Mr.Punchi Banda , as the chairman of the village council, did the work. this system evolved further and on 13/11/1986 the Wellawaya Pradeshiya Sabha was established by making the assessment limit here.
Chairman’s name
Year
Mr.R.W.A.D.Ranasinghe
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Mr.T.M.S.Dharmapala
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Mr.G.H.Linton Silva
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Mr.H.M.Podinilame
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Mr.H.W.Sirisoma
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Mr.R.M.Medawela Gunasekara
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Mr.H.W.Jagath Hemantha
2005 - 2011
Mr.W.A.K.C.R. Wanni Arachchi
2011 - 2015
Mr.R.D.Haramanis
2018 - 2023
Mayor - Council System
Galle Municipal Council was constituted on 01st January 1867 by an order of William Vaas Gibson, a colonial secretary, which published in the gazette on 24th November 1866 under the rule of British Governor Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson.
