{{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 = | spouse = Manel née Kuruppu | party = United National Party | other_party = | relations = | children = Kalinga, Anusha, Kumeshi, Nihal | 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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{{Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon}} {{Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka}} {{Chief Ministers of Uva}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Samaraweera, Percy}} Category:Sri Lankan Buddhists Category:Chief ministers of Uva Province Category:Provincial councillors of Sri Lanka Category:United National Party politicians Category:Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon Category:Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka Category:1999 deaths Category:1929 births Category:Alumni of St. John's College, Panadura Category:Alumni of St. Sylvester's College Category:Deputy ministers of Sri Lanka