The Mayor of Galle is the head of Galle Municipal Council and his office is located at the Galle Town Hall.
List of mayors
The following were the Mayor of Galle: Name Date of office Notes Wijeyananda Dahanayake 1939-41 First Mayor of Galle and Prime Minister of Ceylon (1959–60) A. I. H. A. Wahab 1942-43 First Muslim Mayor of Galle; High Commissioner to Ghana Don Samuel Goonasekera 1944 Member for Udugama (1947-52), Member for Habaraduwa (1960-64) Minister of Labour, Cultural Affairs and Social Services W. T. Wijekulasuriya 1945 High Commissioner to Kenya E. D. Nagahawatta 1946 W. T. Wijekulasuriya 1947-49 A. R. M. Thassim 1950-51 The longest-serving mayor of Galle W. T. Wijekulasuriya 1952-53 A. R. M. Thassim 1954-62 W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena 1966-69 Member of Parliament for Galle D. P. Wijenarayana 1970-1971 Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Union of Myanmar (1982–86) B. P. Wijenarayana 1972-74 S. C. C. R. Koolathilak 1974 A. G. Goonarathne 1979-83 A. H. M. Anwar 1983-88 nephew of Al-Haj A. R. M. Thassim T. Darlin de Silva 1988-91 Wijaya Dahanayake 1991-97 Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs and Member of Parliament for Matara Lionel Premasiri 1997-2001 Member for Galle District (2004–10) and deputy minister of Social Services and Social Welfare Mansoor Marikar 2001-02 Lionel Premasiri 2002-2004 Ismail Mohamed Ariff 2004-06 Weeranarayana Kelum Seneviratne 2006–November 2008 At the local government elections in 2006 Seneviratne and de Silva both received an equal number (5,998) preferences each and subsequently agreed to share the office of Mayor, with Seneviratne becoming mayor for the first two years. Alexendar Methsiri de Silva November 2008–January 2013 At the 2011 local government elections de Silva was formally elected as mayor. In January 2013 the Chief Minister of Southern Province, Shan Wijayalal De Silva formally removed de Silva from the office of mayor. Weeranarayana Kelum SeneviratneAction at Carlton International Super Sevens January 2013–June 2014 Following the removal of de Silva the deputy mayor, Seneviratne, was appointed as mayor. Alexandar Methsiri de Silva June 2014–May 2015 In June 2014 the Galle High Court revoked the Chief Minister's decision to remove de Silva as mayor and he was re-instated. Weeranarayana Kelum Seneviratne May 2015–March 2018 In May 2015 the Court of Appeal annulled the Galle High Court's decision and Seneviratne was appointed as mayor. Priyantha Godagama Sahabandu March 2018–2023 Subsequent to the 2018 Sri Lankan local elections, in a secret ballot held on 23 March 2018, Sahabandu was elected to the position of mayor obtaining 20 votes to 11 over his rival candidate. Halvitigala Ihala Gamage Sunil20 June– PresentFollowing the 2025 Sri Lankan local elections, Galle MC voted 19–17 for a secret ballot. NPP's Halvitigala Ihala Gamage Sunil was elected Mayor with 19 votes.
References
External links Methsiri de silva website