The Chief Minister of Southern Province, Sri Lanka is the head of the provincial board of ministers, a body which aids and advises the governor, the head of the provincial government, in the exercise of his executive power.^[1] The governor appoints as chief minister the member of the Southern Provincial Council who, in his opinion, commands the support of a majority of that council.^[1] The current chief minister is Shan Wijayalal De Silva.

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No.	Name		Portrait	Party	Took office	Left office	Refs
1		M. S. Amarasiri		United National Party	16 June 1988	October 1993	[2]
2		Amarasiri Dodangoda		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	October 1993	January 1994	[2]
		Vacant			January 1994	March 1994	[2]
(2)		Amarasiri Dodangoda		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	March 1994	September 1994	[2]
3		Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	September 1994	21 December 2001	[2]
4		H. G. Sirisena		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	21 December 2001	16 July 2004	[2]
5		Shan Wijayalal De Silva		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	16 July 2004	26 April 2019	[2]
		Vacant			26 April 2019		align=center

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