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Senior Adviser To The President Of Sri Lanka
Senior Adviser to the President is a title used by highest-ranking advisers to the President of Sri Lanka. Senior Presidential Advisers are attached to but are not part of the Presidential Secretariat. The title has been used formally since 1990's to differentiate from other Presidential Advisers and Coordinating Secretaries. Responsibilities Over time, Senior Advisers have been appointed to advice the president on following areas: * Political Affairs * International Affairs * Economic Affairs * Legal and Constitutional Affairs * National Security Remuneration As of 2015, a Presidential Adviser were paid a salary of Rs 75,000 which was supplemented by an allowance of one third of their salary. In addition, an adviser is issued with a mobile phone, a laptop and a fully maintained vehicle as well as 200 liters of fuel which was increased based on their outstation travel. While mobile and residential phone bills are partially paid by the Presidential Secretariat. List of Seni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidential Secretariat (Sri Lanka)
The Presidential Secretariat ( Sinhala: ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය; janādhipati lēkam kāryālaya) is the office of the President of Sri Lanka. It provides the administrative and institutional framework for the exercise of the duties, responsibilities and powers vested in the President by the Constitution. The Presidential Secretariat is located in the Old Parliament Building in Colombo. The head of the Presidential Secretariat is the Secretary to the President (also known as the President's Secretary), who is ex officio the most senior civil servant and head of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service. The current President's Secretary is Gamini Senarath. The post has its roots from the post of Secretary to the Governors of Ceylon and thereafter the Secretary to the Governor-General of Ceylon. Duties President's Office shall be concerned with the following aspects of governance:- * Co-ordinating and reviewing the implementation of Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adviser
An adviser or advisor is normally a person with more and deeper knowledge in a specific area and usually also includes persons with cross-functional and multidisciplinary expertise. An adviser's role is that of a mentor or guide and differs categorically from that of a task-specific consultant. An adviser is typically part of the leadership, whereas consultants fulfill functional roles. The spellings ''adviser'' and ''advisor'' have both been in use since the 16th century. ''Adviser'' has always been the more usual spelling, though ''advisor'' has gained frequency in recent years and is a common alternative, especially in North America. Etymology The use of ''adviser'' is of English origin, with "er" as a noun ending, and ''advisor'' of Latin origin. The words are etymological twin cognates and are considered interchangeable. Word usage Usage of the two words is normally a matter of choice, but they should not be used together in the same document. The Associated Press prefers (AP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Sri Lanka
The President of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති ''Śrī Laṃkā Janādhipathi''; ta, இலங்கை சனாதிபதி ''Ilankai janātipati'') is the head of state and head of government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The president is the chief executive of the union government and the Commander-in-chief#Sri Lanka, commander-in-chief of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. Origin Under the Soulbury Commission, Soulbury Constitution which consisted of the Ceylon Independence Act, 1947 and The Ceylon (Constitution and Independence) Orders in Council 1947, Dominion of Ceylon, Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was known then) became a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary form of government. The List of heads of state of Sri Lanka#Monarch (1948–1972), monarch of Ceylon served as the head of state, represented by the Governor-General of Ceylon, governor-general with the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, prime minister serving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidential Adviser
Presidential Adviser is a title used by advisers to the President of Sri Lanka. Presidential Advisers are attached to but are not part of the Presidential Secretariat. The title has been used formally since 1990's to differentiate from more senior Senior Advisers to the President and Coordinating Secretaries. Notable presidential advisers * Gamini Iriyagolla * Austin Fernando * Dr Chris Nonis See also * Senior Adviser to the President of Sri Lanka * Special adviser (UK) A special adviser (SpAd) is a temporary civil servant who advises and assists UK government ministers or ministers in the Scottish and Welsh devolved governments. They differ from impartial civil servants in that they are political appointees. S ... References {{Reflist, 30em Presidents of Sri Lanka Sri Lankan presidential advisers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coordinating Secretary
A Coordinating Secretary, in the Government of Sri Lanka is a senior member of the personal staff of the President, the Prime Minister, a Cabinet Minister or a Secretary of a Ministry. The appointment is within the power of the minister and may or may not be a civil servant, therefore are considered to be political appointees. A Coordinating Secretary is normally of middle management level however, as the key official responsible for disseminating the decision of Ministers and indeed as their gatekeeper, their role is of considerably greater significance than the grade or level they hold suggests. They will be assisted by one or more Assistants, or even head a whole office in which those may be section clerks. Other members of personal staff would include Private Secretary, Public Relations Officer and Media Secretary. Pay for these officers are allocated from the relevant ministry. Coordinating secretaries are the principal link between a government Minister and officials in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake ( si, රත්නසිරි වික්රමනායක, ta, ரத்னசிறி விக்கிரமநாயக்க; 5 May 1933 – 27 December 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician who was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2010 and has served as Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2002 . He was a Member of Parliament representing Horana electorate and later Kalutara District. Wickremanayake held many ministerial positions in the Sri Lankan government, beginning in 1970. Early life Wickremanayake was educated in Millewa Primary School, Dharmapala Vidyalaya, Pannipitiya, Hartley College, Point Pedro and Ananda College, ColomboAlternative results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milinda Moragoda
Asoka Milinda Moragoda ( Sinhala:අශෝක මිලින්ද මොරගොඩ) (born 4 June 1964) is a Sri Lankan politician and businessman. He is the current Sri Lankan High Commissioner Designate to India and, former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament representing the Colombo District from 2001 to 2010, who served as the Minister of Justice and Law Reform (2009-2010), Minister of Tourism (2007–2009); Minister for Economic Reform, Science and Technology and Deputy Minister for Plan Implementation and Development (2002–2004). His last political post was that of Opposition Leader of the Colombo Municipal Council and Senior Adviser to former President Mahinda Rajapakse. In 2007 the Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) accused then opposition parliamentarian Moragoda of large scale corruption during his time as a UNP minister. In a bid to dodge prosecution Moragoda crossed over to the ruling UPFA government and was appointed Minister of Just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradman Weerakoon
Deshamanya Robin Bradman Weerakoon, CCS (born 20 October 1930) is a Sri Lankan civil servant. As a senior bureaucrat of the Sri Lankan government, he served nine Sri Lankan heads of state in a career spanning half a century.David, Marianne (interviewerThe man who served under nine Prime Ministers of Ceylon/Sri Lankaat http://dbsjeyaraj.com, 20 October 2010 Early life His father, Edmund R. Weerakoon and his mother, a teacher at Princess of Wales College, were both devout Anglicans. He was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 20 October 1930 and named after the legendary Australian cricketer Don Bradman who sailed to Colombo on the day of his birth. Education He studied at Holy Cross College, Kalutara and later was one of the first boarding students at St. Thomas's College, Guruthalawa during the parent school at Mount Lavinia's breakup into three separate branch schools (at Kollupitiya, Gurutalawa and Bandarawela) during World War II. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree with secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Jayewardene
Captain Ravindra "Ravi" Vimal Jayewardene (22 April 1936 – 2 April 2017) was a Sri Lankan aviator and sports shooter. He was the son of President J. R. Jayewardene and served as the National Security Adviser in his father's administration. Early life The only child of J. R. Jayewardene and Elina Jayewardene, Ravi was educated at S. Thomas' Preparatory School and at Royal College Colombo. Military service Avoiding a political career, he joined George Steuart Group after completing school and thereafter joined the volunteer force of the Ceylon Army and following training at the Volunteer Force Training Centre he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 2nd (V) Ceylon Light Infantry in 1956. He was mobilized for internal security duties and commanded light infantry troops in Panadura during the 1958 Riots. Having been mobilized regularly, he transferred to a regular commission in 1959, but was sent on compulsory leave following the 1962 attempted coup. He compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Jayawardena
Don Harold Stassen Jayawardena (born 17 August 1942 in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka), known as Harry Jayawardena, is a Sri Lankan industrialist. He is chairman of Melstacorp PLC and is the Honorary Consul General for Denmark in Sri Lanka. Forbes listed him as one of the richest people in Sri Lanka. Early career Jayawardena first joined a British-owned tea export firm in Colombo as a tea trader. He moved to government-owned State Trading Corporation (Consolidated Exports), better known as Consolexpo Ltd, becoming the head of the Tea Department, which controlled the monopoly of tea exports of Sri Lanka under the administration of Prime Minister Sirima Bandaranaike in the 1970s. Private sector After resigning from Consolidated Exports, Jayawardena founded Stassen Exports Limited on 7 September 1977 in order to export Ceylon Tea. In 1988 Jayawardena's companies became a significant shareholder of the country's largest private commercial bank, Hatton National Bank. These companies later vent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalith Weeratunga
Lalith Chandrakumar Weeratunga ( Sinhala: ලලිත් වීරතුංග Tamil: லலித் வீரதூங்க) (known as ''Lalith Weeratunga''), (born 14 May 1950) SLAS, is the former Permanent Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka (also known as the President's Secretary). As the President's Secretary he was the top civil servant in the country and ''de facto'' head of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service. Prior to the appointment he was the Secretary to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. He was the Senior Advisor to the President of Sri Lanka (From 2019 to July 2022). Education Weeratunga received his primary education at Rahula College, Matara before moving to Royal College Colombo for his secondary education. Mr Weeratunga holds a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Colombo and a bachelor's degree in Natural Sciences from the same university. later attended Pennsylvania State University for postgraduate studies. He is a Hub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senior Advisor To The President Of The United States
Senior Advisor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States. White House senior advisors are senior members of the White House Office. The title has been formally used since 1993. Responsibilities Over time, a senior advisor has had responsibility for the following groups: Current departments (headed by a senior advisor) * White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (''Julie Rodriguez'') * Office of Public Liaison, White House Office of Public Engagement (''Keisha Lance Bottoms'') * American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, American Rescue Plan Coordination aka COVID-19 Relief Plan (''Gene Sperling'') * Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Infrastructure Implementation Coordination (''Mitch Landrieu'') * United States Digital Service, United States Digital Services (''Neera Tanden'') * Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Climate and Clean Energy Innovation & Implementation (''John Podesta'') Past departments (previously h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
