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P. S. M. Charles
Current governor of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Prince Sarojini Manmatharajah Charles is a Sri Lankan civil servant who has served as the Governor of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka on two occasions.
Charles is a Catholic and the daughter of a school principal.[1] She has a degree from the University of Jaffna and master's degrees in disaster management and business administration from the University of Peradeniya and Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.[2][3]
Charles was Additional District Secretary (AGA) for Vavuniya District before becoming District Secretary (GA) for the district in October. She was appointed District Secretary for Batticaloa District in May 2012.[4][5]
Charles was appointed Director General of Sri Lanka Customs in September 2017.[6][7] She was removed from the post in January 2019, allegedly after refusing to give in to government pressure in respect of investigations into 143 suspicious cargo containers.[8][9] She was re-instated swiftly following industrial action by customs workers.[10][11]
Charles was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Healthcare and Indigenous Medical Services in November 2019.[12][13] She was sworn in as Governor of the Northern Province on 30 December 2019.[14][15] In October 2021, Jeevan Thiagarajah replaced her as the new governor of Northern Province.[16] She was reappointed in May 2023 as governor of Northern Province, replacing Thiagarajah.[17]
Upon Anura Kumara Dissanayake taking office as President; Charles resigned. This led to the appointment of Nagalingam Vethanayahan, a former government agent for Jaffna as Governor of Northern Province.[18] [19]
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