Governance
The Galle Municipal Council governs the City of Galle. It was established under the Municipalities Ordinance of 1865. It was 3rd municipal council in Sri Lanka.The first mayor of Galle was Wijeyananda Dahanayake, who was appointed in 1939. He later became the Prime Minister of Ceylon. The current Mayor of Galle is Methsiri de Silva, who was appointed on December 4, 2008. The main vision of Galle City is "Building of moderate city through the supply of relatively increased utility services to the citizens who pay taxes to the Galle Municipal Council " The other vision is to brand Galle as "GreenCity-Greengalle " to create and promote Galle as Sri Lanka's cool and healthy coastal city with clean green canopy.
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