Governor-General of Ceylon

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Governor-General of Ceylon
Emblem of the Dominion of Ceylon
Flag of the governor-general from 1953 to 1972
Viceregal
Style	His Excellency the Right Honourable
Status	Abolished
Residence	Queen's House, Colombo
Appointer	Monarch of Ceylon on the advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation	4 February 1948
First holder	Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore
Final holder	William Gopallawa
Abolished	22 May 1972

The governor-general of Ceylon was the representative of the Ceylonese monarch in the Dominion of Ceylon from the country's independence in 1948 until it became the republic of Sri Lanka in 1972.^[1]