COLOMBO : President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed 10 Secretaries to Ministries and two Chief Secretaries this Friday morning (Dec.22).
The appointments come into effect on January 01, 2024, the President’s Media Division (PMD) mentioned.
The newly-appointed ministerial secretaries are as follows:
1. Ms. Wasantha Perera – Secretary, Ministry of Education
2. Mr. M.N. Ranasinghe – Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Prisons Affairs & Constitutional Reforms
3. Mr. Gunadasa Samarasinghe – Secretary, Ministry of Wildlife & Forest Resources Conservation
4. Mr. A.C. Mohammad Nafeel – Secretary, Ministry of Water Supply & Estate Infrastructure
5. Mr. W.P.P. Yasaratne – Secretary, Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils & Local Government
6. Mr. Saman Darshana Pandikorala – Secretary, Ministry of Irrigation
7. B.K.P. Chandrakeerthi – Secretary, Ministry of Environment
8. Dr. Sulaksha Jayawardena – Secretary, Ministry of Power and Energy
9. Eng. Ranjith Rubasinghe – Secretary, Ministry of Transport Highways
10. Dr. Dharmasri Kumaratunga – Secretary, Ministry of Technology
Newly-appointed provincial chief secretaries are:
1. R.M.W.S. Samaradiwakara – Chief Secretary of North Central Province
2. S.L.D.K. Wijayasinghe – Chief Secretary of the Western Province