New Ministry Secretaries appointed

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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday appointed new Secretaries for 15 Ministries, including Prime Minister’s and Cabinet Secretaries.

The full list of appointments is as follows:

1. G.P. Saputantri – Secretary to the Prime Minister

2. W.M.D.J. Fernando – Cabinet Secretary

3. K.D.S. Ruwanchandra – Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation

4. K.M.M. Siriwardena – Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, Policy Formulation, Planning, and Tourism

5. Aruni Wijewardena – Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

6. J.M.T. Jayasundara – Secretary to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

7. K. Maheson – Secretary to the Ministry of Women, Children, Youth Affairs, and Sports

8. M.M. Naimuddin – Secretary to the Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Food Security, Cooperative Development, Industry, and Entrepreneurship Development

9. A.M.P.M.B. Atapattu – Secretary to the Ministry of Rural and Urban Development, Housing, and Construction

10. Palitha Gunaratne Mahipala – Secretary to the Ministry of Health

11. W.P.P. Yasaratne – Secretary to the Ministry of Justice, Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government, and Labour

12. B.K. Prabhath Chandrakeerthy – Secretary to the Ministry of Environment, Wildlife, Forest Resources, Water Supply, Plantation, and Community Infrastructure

13. M.P.N.M. Wickramasinghe – Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Livestock, Irrigation, Fisheries, and Aquatic Resources

14. H.S.S. Thuiyakontha – Secretary to the Ministry of Defence

15. D.W.R.B. Seneviratne – Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security

16. Ranjith Ariyaratne – Secretary to the Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, National Integration, Social Security and Mass Media

17. Professor K.T.M. Udayanga Hemapala – Secretary to the Ministry of Energy