Prince Sarojini Manmatharajah Charles is a Sri Lankan civil servant who has served as the Governor of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka on two occasions.

Charles is a Catholic and the daughter of a school principal.^[1] She has a degree from the University of Jaffna and masters degrees in disaster management and business administration from the University of Peradeniya and Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.^[2][3]

Charles was Additional District Secretary (AGA) for Vavuniya District before becoming District Secretary (GA) for the district in October. She was appointed District Secretary for Batticaloa District in May 2012.^[4][5]

Charles was appointed Director General of Sri Lanka Customs in September 2017.^[6][7] She was removed from the post in January 2019, allegedly after refusing to give in to government pressure in respect of investigations into 143 suspicious cargo containers.^[8][9] She was re-instated swiftly following industrial action by customs workers.^[10][11]

Charles was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Healthcare and Indigenous Medical Services in November 2019.^[12][13] She was sworn in as Governor of the Northern Province on 30 December 2019.^[14][15] In October 2021, Jeevan Thiagarajah replaced her as the new governor of Northern Province.^[16] She was reappointed in May 2023 as governor of Northern Province, replacing Thiagarajah.^[17]

Upon Anura Kumara Dissanayake taking office as President; Charles resigned. This led to the appointment of Nagalingam Vethanayahan, a former government agent for Jaffna as Governor of Northen Province.^{[18] [19]}