List of governors of Southern Province

The governor of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: දකුණු පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Dakunu palāth āndukāravarayā) is responsible for the management of the Southern Provincial Council. Some of the office's key functions include exercising powers vested in the governor by the Provincial Council Act No. 42 of 1987 amended by Act No. 28 of 1990 and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.^[1]

Governor of Southern Province
Flag of Southern Province
Incumbent Bandula Harischandra since 25 September 2024
Appointer	President of Sri Lanka
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar
Formation	13 June 1988
Website	governor.sp.gov.lk

Governors

Parties

  Independent   United National Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

No.	Name	Portrait	Party		Took office	Left office	Refs
1	Abdul Bakeer Markar			United National Party	13 June 1988	December 1993	[2]
2	Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne			United National Party	December 1993	December 1994	[2]
3	Neville Kanakeratne			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	January 1995	20 September 1999	[2]
4	Ananda Dassanayake			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	September 1999	January 2002	[2]
5	Kingsley Wickramaratne			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1 February 2002	23 October 2006	[2]
6	Kumari Balasuriya			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 October 2006	23 January 2015	[2]
7	Hemakumara Nanayakkara			United National Party	23 January 2015	11 April 2018	[2]
8	Marshal Perera			Independent	12 April 2018	9 January 2019	[3]
9	Rajith Keerthi Thennakoon			Independent	9 January 2019	3 August 2019
10	Hemal Gunasekara			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	4 August 2019	20 November 2019
11	Willy Gamage			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	21 November 2019	2 May 2024
12	Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	2 May 2024	25 September 2024	[4]
13	Bandula Harischandra			Independent	25 September 2024	Incumbent	[5]

See also

• Chief minister (Sri Lanka)

References

1. ":.Welcome to Eastern Provincial Council - Sri Lanka.:". www.ep.gov.lk. Archived from the original on 2011-01-04.
2. "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
3. "New Governors take oaths before President Sirisena". sundaytimes.lk. The Sunday Times. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
4. "New Governors appointed to Southern, North Western Provinces". www.news.lk. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
5. "New Governors appointed by the President". adaderana.lk. Retrieved 2024-09-26.

External links

• Office of the Governor
• Southern Provincial Council