Jeevan Thyagarajah has been sworn in as the new Governor of the Northern Province. The President’s Media Division said Thyagarajah took oaths before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. He will replace current Governor P.S.M. Charles. She was appointed as the Governor of the Northern Province in December 2019. Jeevan Thyagarajah was appointed as a member of the Elections Commission in December last year and prior to that had served as the head of the Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies (CHA).