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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 P. S. M. Charles.

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 15 May 2023 [21][22][23]
9 P. S. M. Charles Independent 17 May 2023 Present [24]

References

  1. ^ "The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Chapter XVIIA". Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (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. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (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. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (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. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (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. ^ "Six Provincial Governors take oaths". 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.
  24. ^ "Three provinces get new governors". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

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