25% increase in career diplomats heading Sri Lankan missions

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Parliamentary High Posts Committee approves nominations of 14 career diplomats
Percentage of career diplomats heading overseas missions increased from 36.57% to 46%

The Committee on High Posts of the Parliament of Sri Lanka to examine the suitability of persons nominated/appointed to the State services and the State corporations (High Posts Committee) last week approved the appointments of 14 career diplomats nominated by President Maithripala Sirisena as Heads of Sri Lanka Missions overseas.

With these appointments, the percentage of career diplomats heading Sri Lanka Missions overseas increased from 36.57% to 46%. Sri Lanka maintains 52 Embassies/High Commissions overseas.

The 14 senior officers, belonging to the Grade I of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service (SLFS), who are to be appointed as Heads of Mission are as follows.

K.D. Senewiratne – Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York
Rodney M. Perera – Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States of America
Grace Asirwatham – Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Belgium and the EU
A.S. Nakandala – Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Y.K. Gunasekara – Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Indonesia
J.A.S.K. Jayasuriya – Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Thailand
Pradeepa Saram – Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Bahrain
Shobini Gunasekera – Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Philippines
Saroja Sirisena – Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Austria and Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
O.L. Ameerajwad – Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Oman
M.J.P. Jayesinghe – Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United Arab Emirates
Waruna Wilpatha – Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Israel
Sashikala Premawardhane – High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Singapore
Rizvi Hassen – Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Turkey

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