'''Niluka Ekanayake''' is a Sri Lankan [[politician]] and [[astrologer]]. She was appointed by [[President of Sri Lanka|President]] [[Maithripala Sirisena]] onfrom 17 March 2016 to 11 April 2018 as the 10th [[Governor of 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 was also appointed as the 9th [[Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province]], [[Sri Lanka]] 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> In January 2019, She has been appointed on 09 January 2019 as the Chairman of the State Timber Corporation (STC).<ref>http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Reginald-to-head-Gems-Jewelry-Authority-Niluka-to-head-STC-160898.html</ref><ref>https://www.adaderana.lk/news/52586/reginald-cooray-and-niluka-ekanayake-given-new-posts-</ref><ref>https://www.newsfirst.lk/2019/01/10/niluka-ekanayake-appointed-as-stc-chairman/</ref>
She is the first [[LGBT]] person and the first [[transgender woman]] to hold the office of [[Provincial Governors of Sri Lanka|Governor in a Sri Lankan Province]], and is considered to be the first openly [[transgender]] [[List of openly LGBT heads of government|head of a governement in the world]].<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>
