| Post: | Governor |
| Body: | Southern Province |
| Insignia: | Flag of the Southern Province (Sri Lanka).PNG |
| Insigniasize: | 170px |
| Insigniacaption: | Flag of Southern Province |
| Incumbent: | Bandula Harischandra |
| Incumbentsince: | 25 September 2024 |
| Appointer: | President of Sri Lanka |
| Termlength: | 5 years |
| Inaugural: | Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar |
| Formation: | 13 June 1988 |
The governor of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka (si|දකුණු පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Dakunu palāth āndukāravarayā) is responsible for the management of the Southern Provincial Council. Some of the office's key functions include exercising powers vested in the governor by the Provincial Council Act No. 42 of 1987 amended by Act No. 28 of 1990 and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.[1]
| No. | Name | class=unsortable | Portrait | Party | Took office | Left office | class=unsortable | Refs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | United National Party | 13 June 1988 | December 1993 | [2] | |||||
| 2 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | United National Party | December 1993 | December 1994 | ||||||
| 3 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | January 1995 | 20 September 1999 | ||||||
| 4 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | September 1999 | January 2002 | ||||||
| 5 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1 February 2002 | 23 October 2006 | ||||||
| 6 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 October 2006 | 23 January 2015 | ||||||
| 7 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | United National Party | 23 January 2015 | 11 April 2018 | ||||||
| 8 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Independent | 12 April 2018 | 9 January 2019 | [3] | |||||
| 9 | Rajith Keerthi Thennakoon | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Independent | 9 January 2019 | 3 August 2019 | |||||
| 10 | Hemal Gunasekara | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 4 August 2019 | 20 November 2019 | |||||
| 11 | Willy Gamage | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 21 November 2019 | 2 May 2024 | |||||
| 12 | Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 2 May 2024 | 25 September 2024 | [4] | ||||
| 13 | Bandula Harischandra | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Independent | 25 September 2024 | Incumbent | [5] | ||||