List of governors of Northern Province, Sri Lanka

The governor of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka (Tamil: வட மாகாண ஆளுநர், romanized: Vaṭa Mākāṇa Āḷunar; Sinhala: උතුරු පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා, romanized: Uturu Paḷāt Āṇḍukāravarayā) is the head of the provincial government and exercises executive power over subjects devolved to the Northern Provincial Council.^[1] The current governor is Jeevan Thiagarajah.

Governor of Northern Province
Flag of Northern Province
Incumbent Jeevan Thiagarajah since 11 October 2021
Appointer	President of Sri Lanka
Term length	5 years
Precursor	Governor of the North Eastern Province
Inaugural holder	Mohan Wijewickrama (acting)
Formation	1 January 2007
Website	np.gov.lk

Governors

^No.	Name	Portrait	Party		Took office	Left office	^Refs.
	Mohan Wijewickrama (acting)			Independent	1 January 2007	3 July 2008	^[2]
1	Victor Perera			Independent	3 July 2008	10 October 2008	^[3]
2	Dickson Sarathchandra Dela			Independent	10 October 2008	12 July 2009	^[4]
3	G. A. Chandrasiri			Independent	12 July 2009	January 2015	^[5]^[6]
4	H. M. G. S. Palihakkara			Independent	27 January 2015	16 February 2016	^[7]^[8]^[9]
5	Reginald Cooray			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	16 February 2016	31 December 2018	^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
6	Suren Raghavan			Independent	7 January 2019	20 November 2019	^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]
7	P. S. M. Charles			Independent	30 December 2019	11 October 2021	^[19]^[20]
8	Jeevan Thiagarajah			Independent	11 October 2021	Present	^[21]^[22]^[23]

References

1. . Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
2. (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1430/31. 3 February 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2013.
3. (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1557/18. 9 July 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2013.
4. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1572/15. 22 October 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}
5. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1612/15. 29 July 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1871/34. 17 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
7. (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1900/09. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2015.
8. "Austin, Ellawala new Governors". The Daily Mirror. 27 January 2015.
9. . The Nation. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
10. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1954/16. 17 February 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
11. "Reginald Cooray sworn in as Northern Governor". The Daily Mirror. 14 February 2016.
12. Hannan, Rishan (14 February 2016). "Reginald Cooray appointed Northern Province Governor". News First.
13. "Reginald Cooray sworn in as NP Governor again". dailymirror.lk. Daily Mirror. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
14. "Reginald Cooray reappointed as Northern Province Governor". dailynews.lk. Daily news. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
15. "Three more governors appointed". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
16. "Keerthi Tennakoon appointed Governor Uva". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
17. "Governors resign". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
18. "Governors asked to resign". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
19. "P.S.M. Charles appointed NP Governor". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
20. "Top civil servant Charles appointed Governor NP". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
21. "Jeevan Thiyagarajah appointed as Northern Province governor". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
22. "Jeevan Thiagarajah appointed Northern Province Governor | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
23. "Our regrets to Jeevan Thiagarajah". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

External links

• Northern Provincial Council