Saman Ekanayake appointed Secretary to President

Saman Ekanayake appointed Secretary to President

July 21, 2022   11:33 am

Saman Ekanayake has been appointed as the Secretary to the President.

The appointment was made by the newly-elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Ekanayake previously was the Secretary to the Prime Minister when Ranil Wickremesinghe was serving as the Premier until Gotabaya Rajapaksa stepped down from the presidency.

He has also served as the Secretary to Prime Minister three times before that, between 2015 and 2019 when Wickremesinghe was in office as the Premier.

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