P. B. Dissanayake

{{Short description|Sri Lankan politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| caption = Dissanayake in March 2015

| order1 = 12th

| office1 = Governor of Central Province

| term_start1 = 13 April 2018

| term_end1 = 31 December 2018

| predecessor1 = Reginald Cooray

| successor1 = Maithri Gunaratne

| president1 = Maithripala Sirisena

| order2 = Acting

| office2 = Governor of Uva Province

| term_start2 = 12 April 2018

| term_end2 = 11 May 2018

| predecessor2 = M. P. Jayasinghe

| successor2 = Ariya Rekawa

| president2 = Maithripala Sirisena

| order3 = 8th

| office3 = Governor of North Central Province

| term_start3 = 27 January 2015

| term_end3 = 11 April 2018

| predecessor3 = Karunarathne Diulgane

| successor3 = M. P. Jayasinghe

| president3 = Maithripala Sirisena

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| nationality = Sri Lankan

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| party = Sri Lanka Freedom Party

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Punchi Banda Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan politician and was the 12th Governor of the Central Province (April – December 2018). In 2018 he also served as the acting Governor of Uva Province.{{cite news|title=New Governors take oaths before President Sirisena|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1042054/new-governors-take-oaths-before-president-sirisena|accessdate=12 April 2018|agency=The Sunday Times|publisher=sundaytimes.lk|date=12 April 2018}} He has previously been the Governor of the North Central Province.{{cite web | url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/62233/six-new-governors-sworn-in | title=Austin, Ellawala new Governors | publisher=Daily Mirror | date=27 January 2015 | accessdate=28 January 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.colombopage.com/archive_15A/Jan27_1422374817CH.php | title=Six new provincial governors sworn in Sri Lanka | publisher=Colombo Page | date=27 January 2015 | accessdate=28 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128133658/http://www.colombopage.com/archive_15A/Jan27_1422374817CH.php | archive-date=28 January 2015 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca201501/20150127six_new_governors_sworn_in.htm | title=Six new Governors sworn in | publisher=www.priu.gov.lk | date=27 January 2015 | accessdate=28 January 2015 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20150127231422/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca201501/20150127six_new_governors_sworn_in.htm | archive-date=27 January 2015 | url-status=dead }}{{cite news|title=Cooray reappointed as Northern governor|url=http://www.hirunews.lk/188292/cooray-reappointed-as-northern-governor|accessdate=13 April 2018|agency=Asia Broadcasting Corporation|publisher=Hiru News|date=13 April 2018}}{{cite news|title=P.B Dissanayaka appointed Central Province Governor|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/P-B-Dissanayaka-appointed-Central-Province-Governor-148642.html|accessdate=13 April 2018|agency=Daily News|publisher=dailynews.lk|date=13 April 2018}}