Niluka Ekanayake

Niluka Ekanayake is a Sri Lankan politician and astrologer. She was appointed as the 10th Governor of Central Province by President Maithripala Sirisena and served from 17 March 2016 to 11 April 2018. She later served as the 9th Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province from 12 April 2018 to 31 December 2018. In January 2019 she was appointed as Chairman of the State Timber Corporation.
She is the first LGBTQ+ person and first transgender woman to serve as a provincial governor in Sri Lanka, and is considered to be the first openly transgender head of a government in the world.