Chief Minister. He was re-elected at the 2009 provincial council election but lost his chief ministerial position. Cooray contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the UPFA's candidates in Kalutara District and was re-elected to Parliament. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice after the election. He was appointed Minister of Minor Export Promotion in November 2010. He lost his cabinet position following the 2015 presidential election but a few days after the election he pledged his support for newly-elected President Maithripala Sirisena. In March 2015 Cooray was questioned by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). A few days later, when the SLFP joined the national government, he was appointed Minister of Aviation. Cooray did not contest the 2015 parliamentary election for financial reasons. He was however placed on the UPFA's list of National List candidates. However, after the election he was not appointed to the National List. Cooray was appointed Governor of Northern Province in February 2016. On 12 April 2018, he was sworn in as Governor of the Central Province. Less than 24 hours later on the morning of the 13th, he was sworn in as Governor of the Northern Province, and his governorship of the Central Province revoked, going to P. B. Dissanayake. The revocation has been attributed to an objection by senior Buddhist clergy from the Central Province on the basis of Cooray's Catholic faith and non-Govigama caste. Electoral history References 1947 births 2023 deaths Chief Ministers of Western Province, Sri Lanka Cabinet ministers of Sri Lanka Deputy ministers of Sri Lanka Governors of Northern Province, Sri Lanka Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka Sinhalese politicians Sinhalese teachers Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians Sri Lankan Roman Catholics United People's Freedom Alliance politicians Alumni of St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa