Harsha Suranga Fernando

Harsha Suranga Fernando is a Sri Lankan physician and a politician who has served as the 18th governor of the Central Province since 5 August 2026. He graduated from the University of Peradeniya with a MBBS degree and served as a community health physician in the Kandy, Matale and Kegalle districts. He has conducted research in affiliation with the Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health in Australia and has also served as an immunisation specialist with the World Health Organization in Timor-Leste and Indonesia.

He was appointed as the 18th governor of the Central Province on 5 August 2026 by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of the previous governor Sarath Abeykoon.