List of governors of Eastern Province

Governor of Eastern Province
Governor of Eastern Province
	Flag of Eastern Province
	Incumbent; Senthil Thondaman; since 17 May 2023
Appointer	President of Sri Lanka
Term length	5 years
Precursor	Governor of the North Eastern Province
Inaugural holder	Mohan Wijewickrama
Formation	22 December 2006
Website	ep.gov.lk

The governor of the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka (Sinhala: නැගෙනහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Nægenahira palāth āndukāravarayā), is the head of the provincial government and exercises executive power over subjects devolved to the Eastern Provincial Council.^[1] The governor is appointed by the president of Sri Lanka for a period of five years.^[1] The current governor is Senthil Thondaman.^[2]

Governors

No.		Party	Took office	Left office	Refs
1	Mohan Wijewickrama	Independent	22 December 2006	January 2015	^[3]^[4]
2	Austin Fernando	Independent	27 January 2015	1 July 2017	^[5]^[6]^[7]
3	Rohitha Bogollagama	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	4 July 2017	3 January 2019	^[8]^[9]^[10]
4	M. L. A. M. Hizbullah	United People's Freedom Alliance	3 January 2019	3 June 2019
5	Shan Wijayalal De Silva	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	5 June 2019	20 November 2019
6	Anuradha Yahampath	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	4 December 2019	15 May 2023
7	Senthil Thondaman	Ceylon Workers' Congress	17 May 2023	Incumbent

Governor of Eastern Province
Flag of Eastern Province
Incumbent Senthil Thondaman since 17 May 2023
Appointer	President of Sri Lanka
Term length	5 years
Precursor	Governor of the North Eastern Province
Inaugural holder	Mohan Wijewickrama
Formation	22 December 2006
Website	ep.gov.lk