Mohan Samaranayake appointed President’s Media Director General

Senior journalist Mohan Samaranayake has been appointed as the Director General of Presidential Media and assumed office yesterday.

With four decades of experience in the field of journalism, Samaranayake entered the profession as an assistant writer for Dawasa newspaper.

Thereafter, he served as an Assistant Editor at the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and held the position of News Director at Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation for nearly five years.

He later served as the head of the United Nations Information Centre in Colombo, and for a long time served as the Chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.

Mohan Samaranayake also served as the President’s Spokesman.