List of Sri Lankan non-career Permanent Secretaries

This is a list of Sri Lankan non-career Permanent Secretaries; they are from different professions. The list includes doctors, engineers, journalists, professional politicians, university lecturers, lawyers, journalists, defence officers, and people in the planning service, education administration service, agriculture service, and accounting service.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Academics

  • Charitha Herath - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media and Information
  • Nimal Bopage - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media
  • Professor Stanley Kalpage - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Higher Education
  • Dr Wickrema Weerasooria - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Plan Implementation
  • Professor Rajiva Wijesinha - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights

Businesspeople

Economists

  • Dr Deshamanya Gamani Corea - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs
  • Dr P.B. Jayasundara - Permanent Secretary of the Treasury and the Ministry of Finance & Planning
  • Dr Lal Jayawardena - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Finance
  • A. S. Jayawardene - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries, Scientific Affairs and Finance
  • Dr Deshamanya Jayantha Kelegama - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of External and Internal Trade

Lawyers

  • Nihal Jayawickrama - Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Law Reforms
  • Dr. Palitha Kohona - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Charitha Ratwatte - Permanent Secretary of the Treasury and the Ministries of Finance, Youth Affairs & Employment

Media personalities and journalists

Military officers

Policemen

  • Sydney de Zoysa - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Internal Security
  • Cyril Herath - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence

Planters

  • Ranjan Wijeratne - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Research

Uncategorized