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'''Niluka Ekanayake''' was the 9th governor of the [[Sabaragamuwa Province]] of Sri Lanka, in office from 12 April 2018 to 31 December 2018.<ref name="sundaytimes">{{cite news|title=New Governors take oaths before President Sirisena|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1042054/new-governors-take-oaths-before-president-sirisena|accessdate=12 April 2018|agency=The Sunday Times|publisher=sundaytimes.lk|date=12 April 2018}}</ref> Ekanayake was an [[astrologer]], before being appointed by [[President]] [[Maithripala Sirisena]] on 17 March 2016 as the 10th Governor of the Central Province.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20061224/issues.htm|title=When the President saw stars|newspaper=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=24 December 2006|accessdate=17 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news/34584/niluka-ekanayake-sworn-in-as-cp-governor|title=Niluka Ekanayake sworn in as CP Governor|publisher=[[Ada Derana]]|date=17 March 2016|accessdate=17 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsfirst.lk/2016/03/newly-appointed-central-province-governor-pays-homage-to-temple-of-the-sacred-tooth-relic/|title=Newly-appointed Central Province Governor pays homage to Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic|newspaper=News First Ltd|date=13 April 2016|accessdate=20 April 2018}}</ref>
 
She is the first transgender woman to hold the post of governor in a Sri Lankan Province.<ref>{{cite news|title=Maha Sanga Protests Appointment Of First Transgender Governor|url=https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/maha-sanga-protests-appointment-of-first-transgender-governor/|accessdate=12 April 2018|agency=Colombo Telegraph|publisher=colombotelegraph.com|date=26 March 2016}}</ref>