Senior DIG Priyantha Weerasooriya has been appointed as the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP). 

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed Senior DIG Priyantha Weerasooriya as Acting IGP, under the constitutional powers vested in the President, the PMD said. 

The President’s Secretary Dr. Nandika Kumanayake presented the appointment letter to the Acting IGP at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo today (27)

Prior to this appointment, Weerasooriya served as the Senior SIG in charge of the North Central Province, a position he has held since March 2024.

A law enforcement professional with 36 years of unblemished service, Weerasooriya had served across various ranks, from Police Constable to Senior DIG, with key roles in operational, middle, and strategic management.

Notably, SDIG Priyantha Weerasooriya is the first officer in the 158-year history of the police service to rise from the rank of Police Constable to Inspector General of Police (IGP).

A Law graduate from the University of Colombo, he became an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) after being sworn in as a lawyer at the Sri Lanka Law College.

He also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resource Management.

Remarkably, 10 IGP commendation letters have been issued in recognition of SDIG Weerasooriya’s thirty-six years of outstanding service in the Police Department.

Having served as the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) overseeing Crime and Traffic, as well as the Director of Police Logistics, SDIG Weerasooriya has participated in United Nations peacekeeping missions in East Timor and Haiti.

At the time of his appointment as Acting IGP, he was serving as the SDIG in charge of the North Central Province.