| P. S. M. Charles | |
| Office1: | Governor of the Northern Province |
| Term Start1: | 17 May 2023 |
| Predecessor1: | Jeevan Thiagarajah |
| President1: | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Term Start2: | 30 December 2019 |
| Term End2: | 11 October 2021 |
| Predecessor2: | Suren Raghavan |
| Successor2: | Jeevan Thiagarajah |
| President2: | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
| Party: | Independent |
| Alma Mater: | University of Jaffna |
| Occupation: | Civil servant |
| Blank1: | Ethnicity |
| Data1: | Sri Lankan |
Prince Sarojini Manmatharajah Charles is a Sri Lankan civil servant who has served as the Governor of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka on two occasions.
Charles is a Catholic and the daughter of a school principal.[1] She has a degree from the University of Jaffna and masters degrees in disaster management and business administration from the University of Peradeniya and Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.[2] [3]
Charles was Additional District Secretary (AGA) for Vavuniya District before becoming District Secretary (GA) for the district in October. She was appointed District Secretary for Batticaloa District in May 2012.[4] [5]
Charles was appointed Director General of Sri Lanka Customs in September 2017.[6] [7] She was removed from the post in January 2019, allegedly after refusing to give in to government pressure in respect of investigations into 143 suspicious cargo containers.[8] [9] She was re-instated swiftly following industrial action by customs workers.[10] [11]
Charles was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Healthcare and Indigenous Medical Services in November 2019.[12] [13] She was sworn in as Governor of the Northern Province on 30 December 2019.[14] [15] In October 2021, Jeevan Thiagarajah replaced her as the new governor of Northern Province.[16] She was reappointed in May 2023 as governor of Northern Province, replacing Thiagarajah.[17]