Sarath Ekanayake

{{short description|Sri Lankan politician}}

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|order = 2nd, 4th & 7th

|office = Chief Minister of Central Province

|term_start = 18 June 2004

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|predecessor = Wasantha Aluvihare

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|term_start2 = 6 November 2000

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|successor2 = W. M. P. B. Dissanayake

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|term_start3 = April 1999

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Sarath Ekanayake is the former Chief Minister of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. He previously served as the 2nd, 4th and 7th Chief Minister of Central Province between April and June 1999, November 2000 and April 2002 and 2004 till 2015. He was also the Governor of the North central Province.[http://www.cpcouncil.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=53 Sri Lankan Central Province Council Website] He belongs to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and is part of the United People's Freedom Alliance. He is also the president of the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation.[http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/04/09/spo32.asp Sarath Ekanayake continues to head Basketball Federation][http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090802/Education/ed708.html ICASL celebrates Golden Jubilee in Kandy]