List of governors of Northern Province

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 Nagalingam Vedanayagam.

Governor of Northern Province
Flag of Northern Province
Incumbent Nagalingam Vedanayagam since 25 September 2024
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	15 May 2023	[21][22][23]
9	P. S. M. Charles			Independent	17 May 2023	24 September 2024	[24]
10	Nagalingam Vedanayagam			Independent	25 September 2024	Incumbent	[25]