Victor Perera

{{Short description|Sri Lankan police officer (died 2023)}} {{For|the writer on Jewish and Central American themes|Victor Perera (writer)}} {{use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use British English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Victor Perera |native_name = |native_name_lang = |alt = |caption = |order = 1st |office = Governor of Northern Province |term_start = 3 July 2008 |term_end = 10 October 2008 |predecessor = Mohan Wijewickrama ''(as acting)'' |successor = Dickson Sarathchandra Dela |order2 = 30th |office2 = Sri Lankan Inspector General of Police |term_start2 = 12 October 2006 |term_end2 = 1 July 2008 |predecessor2 = Chandra Fernando |successor2 = Jayantha Wickramarathne |birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|75|2023|10|16|noage=1|slash=1}} |birth_place = Ceylon |death_date = {{death date and given age|2023|10|16|75|df=y}} |death_place = |citizenship = |party = |other_party =  |partner =  |relations = |children = |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = Police officer |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |signature = |signature_alt = |website = |footnotes = |blank1 = |data1 = |blank2 = |data2 = |blank3 = |data3 = |blank4 = |data4 = |blank5 = |data5 = }}

'''Victor Perera''' ({{birth based on age as of date|75|2023|10|16|noage=1|slash=1}} – 16 October 2023) was a Sri Lankan police officer who was the first Governor of Northern Province and Inspector General of Police.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka: Jayantha Wickremaratne the New Inspector General of Police|url=http://www.asiantribune.com/node/11998|publisher=Asiantribune|access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Northern|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Sri_Lanka_prov.html#Northern|work=Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988|publisher=World Statesmen.org|access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref>

==Police career== Perera joined the Sri Lanka Police Service in 1974 as an Assistant Superintendent of Police. Serving as the most senior Deputy Inspector General of Police he was promoted as the 30th Inspector General Police on 12 October 2006 and retired from service on 3 June 2008.<ref name="lm">{{cite web|title=Former IGP Victor Perera the new Governor of the Northern Province|url=http://www.lankamission.org/content/view/470/|publisher=lankamission.org|access-date=5 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Victor Perera, Sri Lanka's new Inspector General of Police|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=19821|publisher=TamilNet|access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref> He was succeeded by the senior Deputy Inspector General of Police Jayantha Wickramarathne.<ref>{{cite web|title=IGP Victor Perera to retire next month|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=25679|publisher=TamilNet|access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref>

==Political career== With the division of the North Eastern Province in 2007 Perera was appointed, by President Mahinda Rajapakse, as the first Governor of Northern Province, succeeding acting governor Rear Admiral Mohan Wijewickrema. Perera was the first former head of the police to have been appointed a Governor to a province.<ref name=lm />

==Death== Victor Perera died on 16 October 2023, at the age of 75.<ref>[https://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=94126 Former IGP Victor Perera passes away]</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perera, Victor}} Category:1940s births Category:Year of birth uncertain Category:2023 deaths Category:Governors of Northern Province, Sri Lanka Category:Sri Lankan Inspectors General of Police