09 new provincial Governors have been appointed by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

They were sworn in before the President at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.

The newly appointed Governors are as follows: 

Central Province – Prof. Sarath Abeykoon (former Vice Chancellor, University of Peradeniya) 

Southern Province – Bandula Harischandra (former Senior Administrative Officer)

Northern Province – Nagalingam Vedanayagam (former Government Agent of Jaffna)

Sabaragamuwa Province – Champa Janaki

Western Province – Hanif Yusuf

North-Western Province – Tissa Kumarasiri

North-Central Province – Wasantha Kumara Wimalasiri

Eastern Province – Jayantha Lal Ratnasekara

Uva Province – Kapila Jayasekera