Percy Samaraweera

{{short description|Sri Lankan politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Hon.

| name = Hon. Percy Samaraweera

| honorific-suffix =

| image =

| constituency_MP = Welimada

| parliament = Sri Lanka

| majority =

| predecessor =

| successor =

| term_start = 1965

| term_end = 1970

| term_start2 = 1977

| term_end2 = 1987

| order3 = Chief Minister of Uva Province

| term_start3 = 16 September 1988

| term_end3 = 6 June 1998

| predecessor3 = position created

| successor3 = Nalini Weerawanni

| birth_name = Polwatte Samaraweera Aratchilage Percy Samaraweera

| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|03|18|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|03|23|1923|03|18|df=y}}{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

| death_place =

| nationality = Sri Lankan

| spouse = Manel née Kuruppu

| party = United National Party

| otherparty =

| relations =

| children = Kalinga, Anusha, Kumeshi, Nihal

| residence =

| alma_mater = St John's College Panadura, St Sylvester's College, Kandy

| occupation =

| profession = Politician

| signature =

| website = https://www.facebook.com/Psamaraweera

| footnotes =

}}

Polwatte Samaraweera Aratchilage Percy Samaraweera (18 March 1923 - 23{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} March 1999) was a Sri Lankan politician who belonged to the United National Party. He was educated at St John's College Panadura and St Sylvester's College, Kandy. He was the first Chief Minister of Uva Province in Sri Lanka from 16 September 1988 to 6 June 1998 after which the council was dissolved and elections were held only in 1999. He was elected to the Sri Lankan Parliament in 1965 and 1977 from Welimada electorate.{{cite web | url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Sri_Lanka_prov.html#Uva | title=Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988 | publisher=www.worldstatesmen.org | access-date=March 15, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|access-date=March 15, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713003440/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=July 13, 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=1965 | title=UNP begins legal challenge | publisher=Tamilnet|date= 2 September 1998 | access-date=March 15, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|access-date=March 15, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF|archive-date=July 17, 2011}}{{cite web | url=http://www.pcsec.up.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=59&lang=en | title=Previous Provincial Council | publisher=Uva Provincial council | access-date=March 15, 2013}}