Ariya Rekawa

Ariya Bandara Rekawa (born 19 February 1941) is the 8th and current governor of Uva Province in Sri Lanka.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/05/11/local/150646/ariya-bandara-rekawa-sworn-new-uva-province-governor|title=Ariya Bandara Rekawa sworn in as new Uva Province Governor}}

Rekawa was elected to parliament{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-past-members/viewMember/2629|title=Hon. Rekawa, Ariya Bandara, M.P.|publisher=Parliament of Sri Lanka|access-date=27 July 2018}} representing the United National Party in the Kurunegala electorate at the 9th parliamentary election, held on 15 February 1989.{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1989%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090304101343/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1989%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=4 March 2009}} Rekawa served as the Deputy Chairman of Committees{{cite web|url=http://www.timeslanka.com/2018/05/11/ariya-bandara-rekawa-sworn-in-as-new-uva-province-governor/|title=Ariya Bandara Rekawa sworn in as new Uva Province Governor|date=11 May 2018}} between 9 March 1989 and 24 June 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/deputy-chairman-of-committees|title=Deputy Chairman of Committees|publisher=Parliament of Sri Lanka|access-date=27 July 2018}}

He was the ambassador for Sri Lanka for the Philippines{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/menik/2123959151|title=Ambassador Mr. Ariya B. Rekawa|date=20 December 2007 }} from 2001 to 2004.

On 11 May 2018 he was appointed as the Governor of Uva Province.