List of governors of Northern Province

Governor of Northern Province
Governor of Northern Province
	Flag of Northern Province
	Incumbent; P. S. M. Charles; since 17 May 2023
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

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		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]

Governor of Northern Province
Flag of Northern Province
Incumbent P. S. M. Charles since 17 May 2023
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