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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