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{{Short description|Mayor and head of the Colombo Municipal Council}}
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| incumbent = [[Vraîe Cally Balthazaar]]
| incumbentsince = 16 June 2025<ref name=DM2025>{{Cite web |title=Vraie Cally Balthazaar elected Colombo Mayor - Breaking News {{!}} Daily Mirror |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Vraie-Cally-Balthazaar-elected-Colombo-Mayor/108-311650 |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NPP’s Vraie Cally Balthazaar elected new Colombo Mayor |url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=109525 |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=www.adaderana.lk |language=en}}</ref>
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| department = [[Colombo Municipal Council]]
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| residence = [[Sirinivasa]]
| seat = [[Town Hall, Colombo]]
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| constituting_instrument = Municipal Council Ordinance No. 17 of 1865
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The '''Mayor of Colombo''' is the elected head of the [[Colombo Municipal Council]]. The post was created in 1866 when the Colombo Municipal Council was established by the [[Legislative Council of Ceylon]]. The [[mayor]] is assisted by the [[deputy mayor]] and a [[Municipal Commissioner (Sri Lanka)|Municipal Commissioner]].The current mayor is [[Vraîe Cally Balthazaar]], who took office on 16 June 2025.

==Election==
The mayor is elected in a general election held under the ''Local Authority Election Ordinance'' from the party gaining the highest number of seats in the municipal council. Once elected the mayor may hold office for four years.<ref name="ord">{{Cite web |url=http://www.commonlii.org/lk/legis/consol_act/mc576223.pdf |title=Municipal Council Ordinance |access-date=2018-02-13 |archive-date=2018-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127110209/http://www.commonlii.org/lk/legis/consol_act/mc576223.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Powers and functions==
Most powers are derived from the ''Municipal Council Ordinance No. 29 of 1947''. The Mayor serves as the chief executive of the municipal council.<ref name="ord"/>

The municipal council is responsible for:
*[[Social service]]
*[[Public health|Health]] and [[Environmental health|environmental]] issues
*[[Emergency service]]s (not [[Sri Lankan Police|policing]], which is the responsibility of the central government)
*[[Urban planning]]
*[[Sanitation]] ([[Waste management|waste]], [[Sewage treatment|sewage]])

==Rights and privileges==
The mayoral office is located at the [[Town Hall, Colombo|Colombo Town Hall]] and the official mayoral residence is [[Sirinivasa]]. The mayor's legal title is ''His/Her Worship the Mayor of Colombo''.

Under the provisions of the Municipal Councils Ordinance the mayor and deputy mayor are ex-official [[Unofficial Magistrate|Justice of the Peace and Unofficial Magistrate]]s for the administrative district in which the municipality is situated for the duration of their tenure. This is provided so that the mayor or deputy mayor may preside over the [[Municipal court|municipal magistrate's court]].<ref name="ord"/>

===Official dress===
On formal occasions the Mayor wears a scarlet gown with the [[Livery collar|Mayoral Chain of Office]].

===Salary===
The Mayor of Colombo's salary is Rs 30,000 per month, which is same of all mayors of municipalities in Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hirunews.lk/|title=Hiru News Official Web Site - Most visited website in Sri Lanka|website=Hiru News|access-date=2023-06-16|archive-date=2023-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616103138/https://www.hirunews.lk/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==List of mayors==
;Parties
{{legend2|{{party color|United National Party}}|[[United National Party]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}|[[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|National People's Power}}|[[National People's Power]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:left;"
|+ '''Chairmen'''
|-
! scope=col|Name
! scope=col class=unsortable|Portrait
! scope=col|Took office
! scope=col|Left office
! scope=col class=unsortable|Refs
|-
| {{Sortname|Charles Peter|Layard}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1866-01|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1877-06|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite web|title=Charles Peter Layard|url=http://genealogy.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/ben/camilla-genealogy/current+c-layard47520+2-5-0-1-0|publisher=Genealogy.links.org|accessdate=28 November 2013|archive-date=4 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204070918/http://genealogy.links.org/links-cgi/readged?%2Fhome%2Fben%2Fcamilla-genealogy%2Fcurrent%20c-layard47520%202-5-0-1-0|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|Frederick Richard|Saunders}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1877-07|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1883-12|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|William Dumaresq|Wright|link=William Dumaresq Wright}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1884-01|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1886-08-06|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|G. S.|Williams}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1886-08|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1887-08|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|George Thomas Michael|O'Brien}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1887-09|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1887-09|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|Lionel Frederick|Lee}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1887-10|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1887-11|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|Hardinge Hay|Cameron}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1887-11|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1893-09|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname| Charles Edward Ducat|Pennycuick}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1893-10|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1895-04|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|Ferdinando Hamblyn|Price}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1895-05|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1901-03|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|Arthur Sampson|Pagden}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1901-04|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1905-02|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|E. M. de C.|Short}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1905-03|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1910-05|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|K. W. B.|McLeod}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1910-05|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1912-04|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|C. R.|Cumberland}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1912-05|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1912-11|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|W. E.|Thorpe}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1912-12|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1913-01|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|E. B.|Alexander}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1913-02|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1913-10|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|R. W.|Byrde}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1913-11|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1919-09|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|T.|Reid}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1919-10|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1924-07|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|Hubert Ernest|Newnham}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1924-08|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1931-07|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|Walter Terence|Stace}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1931-07|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1932-03|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|William Lindsay|Murphy}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1932-03|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1935-03|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| {{Sortname|William Lindsay|Murphy}} || || align=center|{{Dts|1935-11|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1937-05|format=dmy}} ||
|}

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:left;"
|+ '''Mayors'''
|-
! scope=col colspan="2"|Name
! scope=col class=unsortable|Portrait
! scope=col|Party
! scope=col|Took office
! scope=col|Left office
! scope=col class=unsortable|Refs
|-
| || {{Sortname|Ratnasothy|Saravanamuttu}} || || || align=center|{{Dts|1937-05|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1937-12|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://noolaham.net/project/19/1810/1810.pdf|year=1997|pages=181–182|authorlink=S. Arumugam|archive-date=2022-10-09|access-date=2015-08-31|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://noolaham.net/project/19/1810/1810.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=He gave of his best, but died a disillusioned man|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/000528/plus10.html|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=28 May 2000|archive-date=6 August 2019|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806182623/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/000528/plus10.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Maniccavasagar|first1=Chelvatamby|title=Colombo Municipal Council's 147th anniversary|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2012/02/24/fea04.asp|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=24 February 2012|archive-date=28 December 2014|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228132901/http://archives.dailynews.lk/2012/02/24/fea04.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| || {{Sortname|V. R. S.|Schokman}} || || || align=center|{{Dts|1938-01|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1939-12|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite journal|title=Our New President|journal=Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon|date=April 1946|volume=XXXV|issue=4|page=97|url=http://thedutchburgherunion.org/journals/vol_31_40/JDBU%20Vol%2035%20No%204%20-%201946%281%29.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mayoral Election in Colombo|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19390213-1.1.16.aspx|work=[[The Straits Times]]|date=13 February 1939|page=16|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121910/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19390213-1.1.16.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| || {{Sortname|A. E.|Goonesinghe}} || || || align=center|{{Dts|1940-01|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1940-12|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite news|last1=Jayasekera|first1=Upali S.|title=Father of the Labour Movement|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/28824/father-of-the-labour-movement|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=1 May 2013|archive-date=23 September 2015|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212420/http://www.dailymirror.lk/28824/father-of-the-labour-movement|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| || {{Sortname|Ratnasothy|Saravanamuttu}} || || || align=center|{{Dts|1941-01|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1942-12|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| || {{Sortname|George R.|de Silva}} || || || align=center|{{Dts|1943-01|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1943-12|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|R. A.|de Mel}} || || || align=center|{{Dts|1944-01|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1944-12|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|R. S. F.|de Mel}} || || || align=center|{{Dts|1945-01|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1945-12|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|R. A.|de Mel}} || || || align=center|{{Dts|1946-01|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1946-12|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|R. S. F.|de Mel}} || || || align=center|{{Dts|1947-01|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1949-12|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Kumaran|Ratnam}} || || || align=center|{{Dts|1950-01|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1950-12|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|S.|Sellamuttu}} || || || align=center|{{Dts|1951-01|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1951-12|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://noolaham.net/project/19/1810/1810.pdf|year=1997|pages=187|authorlink=S. Arumugam|archive-date=2022-10-09|access-date=2015-08-31|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://noolaham.net/project/19/1810/1810.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Maniccavasagar|first1=Chelvatamby|title=Paying homage to Lord Ganesha|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=features/paying-homage-lord-ganesha|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=5 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Jayanetti|first1=Lalith|title=Ceylon Theatres marks 75 years|url=http://www.island.lk/2003/10/04/satmag05.html|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=4 October 2003|archive-date=16 July 2018|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716213844/http://www.island.lk/2003/10/04/satmag05.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|C. T.|Grero}} || || || align=center|{{Dts|1952-01|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1953-08-11|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite news|last1=Salgado|first1=Upali K.|title="Once Upon A Time" – Colombo And Nostalgic Memories|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=37138|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=19 October 2011}}</ref>
|-
|!align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|T.|Rudra}} || || || align=center|{{Dts|1953-09-21|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1954-08-13|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://noolaham.net/project/19/1810/1810.pdf|year=1997|pages=166|authorlink=S. Arumugam|archive-date=2022-10-09|access-date=2015-08-31|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://noolaham.net/project/19/1810/1810.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rajapakse navigates a consensus, UNP girds to fight for CMC|url=http://www.island.lk/2006/05/07/politics1.html|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=7 May 2006}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|N. M.|Perera}} || || [[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1954-08-13|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1956-02-28|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite news|last1=Abeynayake|first1=Stanley E.|title=Dr. N. M. Perera: The first Leftist Mayor of Colombo|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2006/04/30/fea08.html|work=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=30 April 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wijenayake|first1=Walter|title=Dr. N. M. Perera: a politician ahead of his times|url=http://www.island.lk/2009/08/13/features7.html|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=13 August 2009|archive-date=30 June 2018|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630145849/http://www.island.lk/2009/08/13/features7.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Perera|first1=Ravi|title=NM at 110|url=http://www.ft.lk/article/439321/NM-at-110|work=[[Daily FT]]|date=30 June 2015}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|V. A.|Sugathadasa}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1956-03-06|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1957-12-01|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite news|last1=Ganegoda|first1=Ariyaratne|title=V.A.Sugathadasa Commemoration|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-9341-news-detail-vasugathadasa-commemoration.html|work=[[Ceylon Today]]|date=10 July 2012|archive-date=23 September 2015|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923224221/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-9341-news-detail-vasugathadasa-commemoration.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Perera|first1=Yohan|title=Mayor could do many things: Ranil|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/14150/mayor-could-do-many-things-ranil|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=17 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Jeyaraj |first1=D. B. S. |authorlink1= |title=Last TULF Leader standing: Sangaree at 75 |url=http://www.nation.lk/2008/06/15/newsfe2.htm |work=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)]] |date=15 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220102826/http://www.nation.lk/2008/06/15/newsfe2.htm |archivedate=20 February 2014 }}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|M. H.|Mohamed}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1960-01-12|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1963-01-10|format=dmy}} ||
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|V. A.|Sugathadasa}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1963-01-10|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1965-04-10|format=dmy}} ||
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Vincent|Perera}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1965-04-10|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1966|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite news|title=The man behind the specs|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060528/news/9.html|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=28 May 2006|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924120656/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060528/news/9.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ranatunga|first1=D. C.|title=Engineer's 'digs' in UK for a Colombo street name|url=http://www.ft.lk/article/30791/Engineer%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98digs%E2%80%99-in-UK-for-a-Colombo-street-name|work=[[Daily FT]]|date=7 May 2011}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Jabir A.|Cader}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1966|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1969|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite news|last1=Weerakoon|first1=Gamini|title=Lasantha: A classic case of publish and be damned|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20090111/serendipity-.HTM|work=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=11 January 2009|archive-date=11 June 2015|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611040419/http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20090111/serendipity-.HTM|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Vincent|Perera}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1970|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1973|format=dmy}} ||
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|A. H. M.|Fowzie}} || align=center|[[File:A. H. M. Fowzie.jpeg|100x100px]] || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1974|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1977|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite news|title=The name game|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/990314/edit.html|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=14 March 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wedaarachchi|first1=L. S. Ananda|title=Six former Mayors back Milinda Moragoda|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2011/09/18/fea02.asp|work=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=18 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The new Mayor of Colombo|url=http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2006/07/12/life/08.asp|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=12 July 2006}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|B. Sirisena|Cooray}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1979|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1989|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite news|last1=Ferdinando|first1=Shamindra|title=Mini battle for Key to Colombo city|url=http://www.island.lk/2006/02/02/news2.html|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=2 February 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Fernando|first1=Basil|title=On the 23rd of Black July, one man destroyed his nation|url=http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2012_07_25_archive.html|work=Sri Lanka Guardian|date=25 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sirisena Cooray is back in the UNP Central Committee|url=http://www.asiantribune.com/sirisena-cooray-back-unp-central-committee|work=[[Asian Tribune]]|date=22 September 2005}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|M. Hussain|Mohamad}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1989|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1991|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite news|last1=Rasooldeen|first1=M. D.|title=Sri Lanka nominates new ambassador to KSA|url=http://www.arabnews.com/news/542031|work=[[Arab News]]|date=18 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Free spectacles were distributed at the Sri Lanka Islamic Centre, Maligawatte to mark the former Speaker and Minister M.H. Mohamed's 93rd birthday..........|url=http://www.ft.lk/2014/06/21/free-spectacles-were-distributed-at-the-sri-lanka-islamic-centre-maligawatte-to-mark-the-former-speaker-and-minister-m-h-mohameds-93rd-birthday/|work=[[Daily FT]]|date=21 June 2014}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Ratnasiri|Rajapakse}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1991|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1994|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-Colombo Mayor passes away|url=http://www.island.lk/2003/09/15/news18.html|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=15 September 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=News in brief|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2003/09/13/new100.html|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=13 September 2003|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105820/http://archives.dailynews.lk/2003/09/13/new100.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Siri Aiya' who revived the JVP|url=http://www.ft.lk/2015/04/18/siri-aiya-who-revived-the-jvp/|work=[[Daily FT]]|date=18 April 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043211/http://www.ft.lk/2015/04/18/siri-aiya-who-revived-the-jvp/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|K.|Ganeshalingam}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1996-06|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1997-03|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite news|title=Bullets after bullets hit UNP|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/970216/pol.html|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=16 February 1997|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924134316/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/970216/pol.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Satyapalan|first=Franklin R.|title=Mrs. Yamuna Ganeshalingam contests CMC on UPFA ticket|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=33906|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=3 September 2011|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050444/http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=33906|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Maniccavasgar|first=Chelvathamy|title=K Ganeshalingam's 74th birth anniversary: Multi-faceted and multi-dimensional personality|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/01/03/fea04.asp|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=3 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130703022028/http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/01/03/fea04.asp|archivedate=3 July 2013}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Karu|Jayasuriya}} || align=center|[[File:Karu Jayasuriya.jpg|100x100px]] || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1997|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1999|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite news|last1=Peiris|first1=Roshan|title=Going for the old world charm|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/970330/plus11.html|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=30 March 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Why Karu Jayasuriya Should Lead the UNP|url=http://www.island.lk/2006/01/16/features4.html|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=16 January 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Karu Jayasuriya's journey to 'political hell'|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/71-66794-news-detail-karu-jayasuriyas-journey-to-political-hell.html|work=[[Ceylon Today]]|date=22 June 2014|archive-date=23 September 2015|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923224354/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/71-66794-news-detail-karu-jayasuriyas-journey-to-political-hell.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Omar|Kamil}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1999|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2002|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite news|title=Colombo taxi drivers rebel over uniforms|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/878021.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=13 August 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Omar Kamil elected MICH president|url=http://www.island.lk/2008/09/03/news11.html|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=3 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Colombo Mayor thanks citizens|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2001/12/08/pol01.html|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=8 December 2001|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111817/http://archives.dailynews.lk/2001/12/08/pol01.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Prasanna|Gunawardena}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2002-06-03|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2006|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite news|title=The Island|url=http://www.island.lk/2002/06/04/content.html|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=4 June 2002|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110915/http://www.island.lk/2002/06/04/content.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=UNP Colombo Central Operational Headquarters inaugurated|url=http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2005/11/05/news/14.asp|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=5 November 2005}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Uvais Mohamed|Imitiyas}} || || [[Independent politician|Independent]] UNP-backed || align=center|{{Dts|2006-06-02|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2010|format=dmy}} || <ref>{{cite news|title=New Colombo Mayor sworn in|url=http://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2006/06/060602_colombo_mayor.shtml|work=[[BBC]] Sinhala|date=2 June 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Gunaratna|first1=Harischandra|title=Cooray swears in new Mayor|url=http://www.island.lk/2006/06/03/news24.html|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=3 June 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Put your hands together… His Worship, The Mayor|url=http://www.nation.lk/2006/06/04/politics3.htm|work=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)]]|date=4 June 2006|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103936/http://www.nation.lk/2006/06/04/politics3.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|A. J. M.|Muzammil}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2011-10-17|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2016-03-31|format=dmy}} ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Muzammil as Mayor of the CMC|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/14153/muzammil-as-mayor-of-the-cmc|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=17 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dressing up His Worship!|url=http://www.ft.lk/article/52503/Dressing-up-His-Worship|work=[[Daily FT]]|date=18 October 2011|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924044752/http://www.ft.lk/article/52503/Dressing-up-His-Worship|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- Vacant
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Rosy|Senanayake}} || align=center|[[File:Rosy Senanayake.jpg|100x100px]] || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2018-03-06|format=dmy}} || align=center| {{Dts|2023-03-19|format=dmy}} ||<ref name="thesundayleader.lk">{{cite news|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2016/08/21/rosy-to-be-new-colombo-mayor/|work=The Sunday Leader|title=Rosy to be new mayor|date=21 August 2016|archive-date=11 November 2018|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111001554/http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2016/08/21/rosy-to-be-new-colombo-mayor/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.lankapuvath.lk/2018/03/20/rosy-becomes-first-female-mayor-of-colombo/|title=Rosy becomes first female Mayor of Colombo – LankaPuvath|date=20 March 2018|access-date=20 March 2018|archive-date=8 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508071740/https://english.lankapuvath.lk/2018/03/20/rosy-becomes-first-female-mayor-of-colombo/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|National People's Power}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Vraîe Cally|Balthazaar}} || || [[National People's Power]] || align=center|{{Dts|2025-06-16|format=dmy}} || align=center| ||<ref name=DM2025/>
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==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Sources==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book|last1=Hulugalle|first1=H. A. J.|title=Centenary Volume of the Colombo Municipal Council (1865 – 1965)|date=September 1965|publisher=[[Colombo Municipal Council]]|pages=53–54|url=http://noolaham.net/project/33/3230/3230.pdf|archive-date=2024-08-01|access-date=2015-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801165033/https://noolaham.net/project/33/3230/3230.pdf|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|title=Past Mayors of Colombo|url=http://www.cmc.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=71|publisher=[[Colombo Municipal Council]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820090238/http://www.cmc.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=71|archivedate=2014-08-20}}
* {{cite news|last1=Wagista|first1=Kumaradasa|title=Century of caring for Colombo|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/980201/plus4.html|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=1 February 1998}}
* {{cite news|last1=Maniccavasagar|first1=Chelvatamby|title=Colombo Municipal Council's 147th anniversary: Largest Local Authority in SL|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2012/02/24/fea04.asp|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=24 February 2012|archive-date=28 December 2014|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228132901/http://archives.dailynews.lk/2012/02/24/fea04.asp|url-status=live}}
* {{cite news|last1=Warnakulasuriya|first1=Deepal|title=Colombo Mayor in a quagmire!|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2007/05/27/new22.asp|work=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=27 May 2007}}
* {{cite news|last1=Amaranayake|first1=Vindya|last2=Wamanan|first2=Arthur|title=In defence of the CMC…|url=http://www.nation.lk/2010/09/26/newsfe4.htm|work=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)]]|date=26 September 2010}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
* [http://www.cmc.lk/ Colombo Municipal Council]

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