| Niluka Ekanayake | |
| Office1: | Chairperson of the State Timber Corporation |
| Term Start1: | 9 January 2019 |
| President1: | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Office2: | Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province |
| Term Start2: | 12 April 2018 |
| Term End2: | 31 December 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Marshal Perera |
| Successor2: | Dhamma Dissanayake |
| President2: | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Office3: | Governor of Central Province |
| Term Start3: | 17 March 2016 |
| Term End3: | 11 April 2018 |
| Predecessor3: | Surangani Ellawala |
| Successor3: | Reginald Cooray |
| President3: | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
| Occupation: | politician and astrologer |
Niluka Ekanayake (Sinhala; Sinhalese: නිලූකා ඒකනායක; Tamil: நிலுகா ஏகநாயக்க) is a Sri Lankan politician and astrologer. She was appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena from 17 March 2016 to 11 April 2018 as the 10th Governor of Central Province.[1] [2] [3] She was also appointed as the 9th Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka from 12 April 2018 to 31 December 2018.[4] In January 2019 she was appointed as the Chairman of the State Timber Corporation (STC).[5] [6] [7]
She is the first LGBTQ+ person and the first transgender woman to hold the office of Governor in a Sri Lankan Province, and is considered to be the first openly transgender head of a government in the world.[8]