List of mayors of Kandy

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The mayor of Kandy is the mayor and head of the Kandy Municipal Council, Sri Lanka. The post was created in 1866 when the Kandy Municipal Council was established by the Municipalities Ordinance of 1865. The offices of the mayor are located at the Kandy Town Hall.

Chandrasiri Wijenayake is the current mayor of Kandy, being appointed on 3 June 2025.

List of mayors Parties

NamePartyTerm of officeNotesRef Sir Cudah RatwatteIndependent 1939–1940 First elected mayor of Kandy, died in office Allan Morley SpaarIndependent 1940–1942 Naganather CanaganayagamIndependent 1942 First Tamil mayor Bennet SoysaIndependent 1943–1944 A. S. KarunaratnaIndependent 1945 Victor M. GuruswamyIndependent 1946 Fredrick de SilvaUnited National Party 1947 Member of Parliament for Kandy (1954–57) and Ambassador to France (1968–71) A. C. L. RatwatteUnited National Party 1948 Bennet SoysaUnited National Party 1949 E. L. SenanayakeUnited National Party 1950–1954 Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament and Governor of North Central Province and Central Province Bennet SoysaUnited National Party 1954–1956 Member of the State Council and the Senate of Ceylon E. L. SenanayakeUnited National Party 1956–1960 Bennet SoysaUnited National Party 1961–1962 Noel WimalasenaUnited National Party 1963 E. L. SenanayakeUnited National Party 1964–1968 Sir Bennet SoysaUnited National Party 1968–1970 Tilak RatnayakeUnited National Party 1979–1990 Governor of Uva Province (1990–1993) Chandra RanarajaUnited National Party 1990–1991 First female mayor Don Edmund PathiranaUnited National Party 1991–1997 Harindra DunuwilleUnited National Party 1997–2002 Member of Parliament (1989–94) and served as the Deputy Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs Kesera SenanayakeUnited National Party 2002–2006 Son of E. L. Senanayake Loku Banda AluvihareUnited National Party 2006–2010 Rajapathiranalage Sarath PushpakumaraUnited National Party 2010–2011 Mahendra RatwatteSri Lanka Freedom Party 2011–2015 Resigned to take on the role of Basnayake Nilame of the Kandy Sri Vishnu Devala Sena DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party2015–2018 Kesera SenanayakeUnited National Party 2018–2024 Chandrasiri WijenayakeNational People's Power 2025–present

References

External links kandycity.org